Differential effects of flutamide and di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate on male reproductive organs in a rat model

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 400-411

  Vo, Thuy T B ^a   Jung, Eui Man ^a   Dang, Vu Hoang ^a   Jung, Kikyung ^b   Baek, Jounghee ^b   Choi, Kyung Chul ^a,c   Jeung, Eui Bae ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Toxicological Research   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flutamide; Male reproduction; Phthalate

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTIANDROGEN; FLUTAMIDE; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; STEROID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTIS;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; FEMALE; FLUTAMIDE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; STEROIDS; TESTIS;

RATTUS;

EID: 70349679190     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.20220     Document Type: Article

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