Endocrine disrupter bisphenol a increases in situ estrogen production in the mouse urogenital sinus

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 734-742

  Arase, Shigeki ^a   Ishii, Kenichiro ^a,d   Igarashi, Katsuhide ^b   Aisaki, Kenichi ^b   Yoshio, Yuko ^a   Matsushima, Ayami ^c   Shimohigashi, Yasuyuki ^c   Arima, Kiminobu ^a   Kanno, Jun ^b   Sugimura, Yoshiki ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Fukuoka University   (Japan)

^d MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Bisphenol A; Developmental biology; Embryo; Estradiol estrogen receptor; In situ estrogen production; Male reproductive tract; Prostate; Steroidogenic enzyme; Urogenital sinus

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; AROMATASE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HEART; KIDNEY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; OVARY; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; SEX DETERMINATION; TESTIS; UPREGULATION; UROGENITAL SINUS;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; UP-REGULATION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 79953289535     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.087502     Document Type: Article

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