The protective effects of quercetin on the cytotoxicity of atrazine on rat Sertoli-germ cell co-culture

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 590-600

  Abarikwu, S O ^a   Pant, A B ^b   Farombi, E O ^c  

^a REDEEMER S UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Daily sperm production; MRNA; Quercetin; Sertoli germ cells

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN BINDING PROTEIN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ATRAZINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FOLLITROPIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTECTIVE AGENT; QUERCETIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; GERM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ATRAZINE; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GERM CELLS; MALE; QUERCETIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84863879246     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2011.01239.x     Document Type: Article

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