Effect of mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate on human and mouse fetal testis: In vitro and in vivo approaches

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-104

  Muczynski, V ^a,b,c   Cravedi, J P ^d   Lehraiki, A ^a,b,c   Levacher, C ^a,b,c   Moison, D ^a,b,c   Lecureuil, C ^a,b,c   Messiaen, S ^a,b,c   Perdu, E ^d   Frydman, R ^e   Habert, R ^a,b,c   Rouiller Fabre, V ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^c Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^d TOXALIM RESEARCH CENTRE IN FOOD TOXICOLOGY   (France)

^e HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Fetus; Germ cell; Human; Phthalates; Testis

Indexed keywords

2 ETHYLHEXANOL; CASPASE 3; MONO (2 ETHYLHEXYL)PHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GERM CELL; GESTATION PERIOD; GONAD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVITY; TOXICITY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CASPASE 3; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTIS;

EID: 84860526309     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2012.03.016     Document Type: Article

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