Differential stimulation pathways of progesterone secretion from newly formed corpora lutea in rats treated with ethylene glycol monomethyl ether, sulpiride, or atrazine

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 267-278

  Taketa, Yoshikazu ^a,b   Yoshida, Midori ^a   Inoue, Kaoru ^a   Takahashi, Miwa ^a   Sakamoto, Yohei ^a   Watanabe, Gen ^c   Taya, Kazuyoshi ^c   Yamate, Jyoji ^b   Nishikawa, Akiyoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether; Laser microdissection; Newly formed corpora lutea; Progesterone; Sulpiride

Indexed keywords

2 METHOXYETHANOL; 20ALPHA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ATRAZINE; BROMOCRIPTINE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; SULPIRIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL SIDE CHAIN CLEAVAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIESTRUS; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LUTEAL CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROESTRUS; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; UPREGULATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 79957792827     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfr062     Document Type: Article

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