Differential expression of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway in the genital tubercle (GT) of fetal male rat following maternal exposure to di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP)

Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 244-250

  Zhang, Li Feng ^a   Qin, Chao ^a   Wei, Yun Fei ^b   Wang, Yong ^a   Chang, Jun Kai ^c   Mi, Yuan Yuan ^a   Ma, Long ^b   Jiang, Jun Tao ^d   Feng, Ning Han ^a   Wang, Zeng Jun ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHANGHAI FIRST PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

catenin; Di n butyl phthalate; Genital tubercle; Hypospadias; Male rats

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM; GENITAL SYSTEM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYPOSPADIAS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH INTUBATION; UPREGULATION; URETHRA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NF-KAPPA B; PLASTICIZERS; PREGNANCY; RATS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 80053378002     PISSN: 19396368     EISSN: 19396368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19396368.2011.577509     Document Type: Article

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