Effects of di-n-butyl phthalate on male rat reproduction following pubertal exposure

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 702-709

  Bao, Ai Mei ^a   Man, Xiao Ming ^a   Guo, Xue Jiang ^a   Dong, Hui Bin ^a   Wang, Fu Qiang ^a   Sun, Hong ^b   Wang, Yu Bang ^a   Zhou, Zuo Min ^a   Sha, Jia Hao ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

di n butyl phthalate; hormones; proteomics; spermatogenesis; testis

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; TOXICITY TESTING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; FERTILITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 80052447622     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2011.76     Document Type: Article

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