Akt1 protects against germ cell apoptosis in the postnatal mouse testis following lactational exposure to 6-N-propylthiouracil

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-25

  Santos Ahmed, Jeena ^a   Brown, Caitlin ^a   Smith, Stuart Duncan ^a   Weston, Paula ^a   Rasoulpour, Teresa ^a   Gilbert, Mary E ^b   Hixon, Mary L ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Akt1; Germ cell; Propylthiouracil; Sertoli cell; Transient postnatal hypothyroidism

Indexed keywords

6 N PROPYLTHIOURACIL; INHIBIN A; MESSENGER RNA; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; PROTEIN KINASE B; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREAST FEEDING; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS WEIGHT; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INHIBINS; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79551610707     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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