Species-specific dibutyl phthalate fetal testis endocrine disruption correlates with Inhibition of SREBP2-dependent gene expression pathways

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 460-474

  Johnson, Kamin J ^a   McDowell, Erin N ^a   Viereck, Megan P ^a   Xia, Jessie Q ^b  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental toxicity; Endocrine disruptors; Fetal testis; Microarray; Phthalate; Prenatal; Reproductive and developmental toxicology; Sterol regulatory element binding protein

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LEYDIG CELL; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS CELL;

RATTUS;

EID: 79953084127     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfr020     Document Type: Article

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