Cellular and Molecular Effect of MEHP Involving LXRα in Human Fetal Testis and Ovary

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Muczynski, Vincent ^a,b,c   Lecureuil, Charlotte ^a,b,c   Messiaen, Sébastien ^a,b,c   Guerquin, Marie Justine ^a,b,c   N'Tumba Byn, Thierry ^a,b,c   Moison, Delphine ^a,b,c   Hodroj, Wassim ^a,b,c   Benjelloun, Hinde ^d   Baijer, Jan ^d   Livera, Gabriel ^a,b,c   Frydman, René ^e   Benachi, Alexandra ^e   Habert, René ^a,b,c   Rouiller Fabre, Virginie ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

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

^c INSERM   (France)

^d Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^e HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; LIVER X RECEPTOR ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; MONO ETHYLHEXYLPHTHALATE; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NUR77; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PHTHALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LOSS; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPOGENESIS; LXR ALPHA GENE; MALE; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR 4A1 GENE; OOCYTE; OVARY; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR GENE; SOMATIC CELL; STAINING; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTORS; OVARY; OVUM; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

RODENTIA;

EID: 84868155177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048266     Document Type: Article

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