Di(n-butyl) Phthalate Induces Vimentin Filaments Disruption in Rat Sertoli Cells: A Possible Relation with Spermatogenic Cell Apoptosis

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 186-193

  Alam, M S ^a   Ohsako, S ^b   Tay, T W ^a   Tsunekawa, N ^a   Kanai, Y ^a   Kurohmaru, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PLASTICIZER; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; DRUG EFFECTS; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; MALE; PLASTICIZERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; VIMENTIN;

RATTUS;

EID: 77954054762     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: 14390264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2010.00993.x     Document Type: Article

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