Effects of polybrominated diphenyl ethers on steroidogenesis in rat Leydig cells

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2209-2217

  Wang, Kai Lee ^a   Hsia, Shih Min ^b   Mao, I Fang ^c,d   Chen, Mei Lien ^a   Wang, Shyi Wu ^e   Wang, Paulus S ^a,f  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^f TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

cyclic AMP; Leydig cells; polybrominated diphenyl ethers; steroidogenesis; testosterone

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; ADENYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; FORSKOLIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; PREGNENOLONE; PROTEIN KINASE A ALPHA; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAR GENE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

RATTUS; TETRA;

EID: 79960506205     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der165     Document Type: Article

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