Parabens inhibit the early phase of folliculogenesis and steroidogenesis in the ovaries of neonatal rats

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 626-636

  Ahn, Hyo Jin ^a   An, Beum Soo ^a   Jung, Eui Man ^a   Yang, Hyun ^a   Choi, Kyung Chul ^a   Jeung, Eui Bae ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTYL PARABEN; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); EOSIN; ESTRADIOL; HEMATOXYLIN; MESSENGER RNA; METHYL PARABEN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PROPYL PARABEN; PROTEIN FOXL2; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUP (RODENT); RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PARABENS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELL FACTOR;

RATTUS;

EID: 84866337123     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22070     Document Type: Article

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