Changes in MAPK pathway in neonatal and adult testis following fetal estrogen exposure and effects on rat testicular cells

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 773-786

  Thuillier, Raphael ^a,c   Manku, Gurpreet ^b   Wang, Yan ^a,d   Culty, Martine ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Erk1 2; Mek1; Raf1; Testicular cells; Xenoestrogens

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLAVONOIDS; PROTEINS;

BISPHENOL A; BISPHENOLS-A; CELL POPULATIONS; ERK1/2; GENISTEIN; LEYDIG CELLS; MEK1; RAF1; TESTICULAR CELLS; XENOESTROGENS;

RATS;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; GENISTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; RAF PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

RATTUS;

EID: 70350539628     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20756     Document Type: Article

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