Di-(2 ethylhexyl) phthalate and flutamide alter gene expression in the testis of immature male rats

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages 104-

  Vo, Thuy T B ^a   Jung, Eui Man ^a   Dang, Vu H ^a   Yoo, Yeong Min ^a   Choi, Kyung Chul ^a   Yu, Frank H ^b   Jeung, Eui Bae ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME P450 2A1; FLUTAMIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C DELTA1; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; TESTOSTERONE; VAV PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMATURITY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERINATAL PERIOD; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; TESTIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UPREGULATION;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUTAMIDE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELLS; LEYDIG CELLS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 70449503890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-7-104     Document Type: Article

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