Human primordial germ cell formation is diminished by exposure to environmental toxicants acting through the ahr signaling pathway

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 218-224

  Kee, Kehkooi ^a,c   Flores, Martha ^a   Cedars, Marcelle I ^b   Pera, Renee A Reijo ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Aromatic hydrocarbon receptor (AHR); Germ cell differentiation; Human embryonic stem cells; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Reproductive toxicology

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PROTEIN BAX;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OOCYTE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CELL SEPARATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77955859275     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfq179     Document Type: Article

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