Understanding the effects of atrazine on steroidogenesis in rat granulosa and H295R adrenal cortical carcinoma cells

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 184-193

  Tinfo, Nicole S ^a,b   Hotchkiss, Michelle G ^b   Buckalew, Angela R ^b   Zorrilla, Leah M ^a,b   Cooper, Ralph L ^b   Laws, Susan C ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Chlorotriazine herbicides; Estradiol; Granulosa cells; Progesterone; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ATRAZINE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; ESTRONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL CULTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; ATRAZINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GRANULOSA CELLS; HERBICIDES; PROGESTERONE; RATS; STEROIDS;

RATTUS;

EID: 79952105159     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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