Effects of maternal exposure to low doses of DES on testicular steroidogenesis and spermatogenesis in male rat offspring

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 629-637

  Kobayashi, Tetsuo ^a   Shirai, Mitsuyuki ^a   Sakaue, Motoharu ^a   Murakami, Masaru ^a   Ochiai, Hideharu ^a   Arishima, Kazuyoshi ^a   Yamamoto, Masako ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diethylstilbestrol (DES); Rat; Spermatogenesis; Steroidogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; MESSENGER RNA; TESTIS PEPTIDE HORMONE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTICULAR HORMONES; TESTIS;

RATTUS;

EID: 74349085894     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.20223     Document Type: Article

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