Comparative contribution of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor gene to perinatal stage development and dioxin-induced toxicity between the urogenital complex and testis in the mouse

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 636-643

  Ohsako, Seiichiroh ^a   Fukuzawa, Noriho ^b,c   Ishimura, Ryuta ^b,d   Kawakami, Takashige ^b,e   Wu, Qing ^b,f   Nagano, Reiko ^b   Zaha, Hiroko ^b   Sone, Hideko ^b   Yonemoto, Junzo ^b   Tohyama, Chiharu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^e TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Developmental biology; Dioxin; Knockout mouse; Prostate; Spermatogenesis; Testis; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODEBENZO 4 DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450; DIOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROBASIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS FUNCTION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS;

MUS; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PREGNANCY; RATS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 77953114465     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.080812     Document Type: Article

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