Disruption of spermatogenesis and differential regulation of testicular estrogen receptor expression in mice after polychlorinated biphenyl exposure

Toxicology

Volumn 287, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 21-28

  Cai, Jiali ^a   Wang, Chonggang ^a   Wu, Tian ^a   Moreno, João Manuel Lopes ^a   Zhong, Yuanfu ^a   Huang, Xin ^a   Chen, Yixin ^a   Zuo, Zhenghong ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptors; Mice; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Spermatogenesis; Testes

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROCLOR 1254; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CHLORODIPHENYL (54% CHLORINE); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

MUS;

EID: 79960696854     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: 18793185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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