Effects of Transplacental 17-α-Ethynyl Estradiol or Bisphenol A on the Developmental Profile of Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein in the Rat Testis

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 318-325

  Horstman, Karla A ^a   Naciff, Jorge M ^a   Overmann, Gary J ^a   Foertsch, Leslie M ^a   Richardson, Brian D ^b   Daston, George P ^a  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

17 ethynyl estradiol; Bisphenol A; steroidogenic acute regulatory protein; transplacental exposure

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PHENOLS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS;

EID: 84865147810     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: 15429741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.21020     Document Type: Article

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