Prenatal exposure to low doses of bisphenol a increases pituitary proliferation and gonadotroph number in female mice offspring at birth

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Brannick, Katherine E ^a   Craig, Zelieann R ^b   Himes, Ashley D ^a   Peretz, Jackye R ^b   Wang, Wei ^b   Flaws, Jodi A ^b   Raetzman, Lori T ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary; Bisphenol A (BPA); Development; Developmental biology; Endocrine disruptors; Environmental contaminants and toxicants; Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH); Gonadotrophs; Gonadotropins; Luteinizing hormone (LH); Pituitary

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; FSHB PROTEIN; GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; LHB PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NR5A1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PITUITARY PROLIFERATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GONADOTROPHS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PARTURITION; PHENOLS; PITUITARY GLAND; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

MUS;

EID: 84869395197     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.112.100636     Document Type: Article

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