Gestational and neonatal-onset hypothyroidism alters androgen receptor status in rat prostate glands at adulthood

Prostate

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 689-700

  Aruldhas, Michael Maria ^a   Ramalingam, Neelamohan ^a   Jaganathan, Anbalagan ^a   Sashi, Arokya Mary John ^a,c   Stanley, Jone Arulrajadurai ^a   Nagappan, Arumugam Suriyam ^a,b   Vasavan, Jyothilakshmi ^a   Kannan, Annapoorna ^a   Seshadri, Venkatesh Nagamangalam ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c STELLA MARIS COLLEGE   (India)

^d Bhat Biotech India (P) Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

AR lig and binding activity; AR mRNA; AR protein; Hypothyroidism; Methimazole

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; THIAMAZOLE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; METHIMAZOLE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSTATE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 77951871021     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: 10970045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pros.21101     Document Type: Article

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