Effects of aluminum exposure on serum sex hormones and androgen receptor expression in male rats

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 144, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 1050-1058

  Sun, Hao ^a   Hu, Chongwei ^a   Jia, Linlin ^a   Zhu, Yanzhu ^a   Zhao, Hansong ^a   Shao, Bing ^a   Wang, Nan ^a   Zhang, Zhigang ^a   Li, Yanfei ^a  

^a NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aluminum exposure; Androgen receptor; Male rats; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR GENE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS FUNCTION;

ALGORITHMS; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; CHLORIDES; DNA PRIMERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84155164950     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-011-9098-6     Document Type: Article

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