2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin potentially attenuates the gene expression of pituitary gonadotropin β-subunits in a fetal age-specific fashion: A comparative study using cultured pituitaries

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 221-229

  Takeda, Tomoki ^a   Yamamoto, Midori ^b   Himeno, Masaru ^b   Takechi, Shinji ^c   Yamaguchi, Tadatoshi ^c   Ishida, Takumi ^a,c   Ishii, Yuji ^a   Yamada, Hideyuki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SOJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fetus; Gonadotropin subunit; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Pituitary; Protein kinase; Tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin (TCDD)

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BETA CHAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79955396044     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.36.221     Document Type: Article

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