Association between testicular Aryl hydrocarbon Receptor levels and idiopathic male infertility: A case-control study in Iran

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3267-3273

  Bidgoli, Sepideh Arbabi ^a   Karimi, Mona ^a   Asami, Zahra ^a   Baher, Hoda ^a   Djamali Zavarhei, Mansour ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

AhR; AR; ER; MMP9; PgR; Unexplained infertility

Indexed keywords

AHR; ANTAGONISTIC INTERACTIONS; ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDY; CO-EXPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSIONS; EXPRESSION LEVELS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STUDIES; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE INFERTILITY; MMP9; OVER-EXPRESSION; PGR; SERTOLI CELLS; SEX STEROIDS; TARGET CELLS; TESTICULAR CELLS; UNEXPLAINED INFERTILITY;

CYTOLOGY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONES; HYDROCARBONS; LIGANDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

CELLS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR;

DIOXIN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH RISK; INFERTILITY; LIGAND; METABOLITE; PAH; PATHOLOGY; SEX HORMONE; STEROID; TOXICITY;

ADULT; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR GENE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR GENE; GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR GENE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; IRAN; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

IRAN;

EID: 79959742131     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.03.024     Document Type: Article

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