Effects of di(n-butyl) phthalate exposure on foetal rat germ-cell number and differentiation: Identification of age-specific windows of vulnerability

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 34, Issue 5 PART 2, 2011, Pages

  Jobling, M S ^a   Hutchison, G R ^a   Van Den Driesche, S ^a   Sharpe, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcinoma in situ; DAZL; DMRT1; Germ cell aggregation; Germ cell number; OCT4; Testicular germ cell cancer; VASA

Indexed keywords

DOUBLESEX AND MAB 3 RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS MONITORING; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS;

EID: 80053434441     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2010.01140.x     Document Type: Article

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