Prenatal plus postnatal exposure to Di(n-Butyl) phthalate and/or flutamide markedly reduces final sertoli cell number in the rat

Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2868-2875

  Auharek, Sarah A ^a   De Franca, Luiz R ^b   McKinnell, Chris ^a   Jobling, Matthew S ^a   Scott, Hayley M ^a   Sharpe, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; FLUTAMIDE; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEL CASTILLO SYNDROME; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS DISEASE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETUS; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; TESTIS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUTAMIDE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SERTOLI CELLS; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TESTIS;

EID: 77954525366     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0108     Document Type: Article

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