Genistein impairs early testosterone production in fetal mouse testis via estrogen receptor alpha

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1542-1547

  Lehraiki, Abdelali ^a,b,c   Chamaillard, Cathie ^a,b,c   Krust, Andrée ^d   Habert, René ^a,b,c   Levacher, Christine ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOBIOLOGIE CELLULAIRE ET MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^d l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Development; Estrogen; Gonocyte; Leydig cell; Phytoestrogen; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GENISTEIN; PHYTOESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GERM CELL; GONOCYTE; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; TESTIS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FETUS; GENISTEIN; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHYTOESTROGENS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

GLYCINE MAX; MUS;

EID: 82655174063     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: 18793177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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