Mono-(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate (MEHP) affects ERK-dependent GDNF signalling in mouse stem-progenitor spermatogonia

Toxicology

Volumn 299, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-19

  Lucas, Benjamin E G ^a   Fields, Christopher ^a   Joshi, Neeraj ^a   Hofmann, Marie Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

GDNF; Infertility; Phthalates; Self renewal; Spermatogonial stem cells

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; PROTEIN FOS; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHOSPHORYLATION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84862332247     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: 18793185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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