Differential Effects of Bisphenol A and Diethylstilbestrol on Human, Rat and Mouse Fetal Leydig Cell Function

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  N'Tumba Byn, Thierry ^a,b,c   Moison, Delphine ^a,b,c   Lacroix, Marlène ^d   Lecureuil, Charlotte ^a,b,c   Lesage, Laëtitia ^a,b,c   Prud'homme, Sophie M ^a,b,c   Pozzi Gaudin, Stéphanie ^e   Frydman, René ^e   Benachi, Alexandra ^e   Livera, Gabriel ^a,b,c   Rouiller Fabre, Virginie ^a,b,c   Habert, René ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

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

^c Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GENE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INSL3 GENE; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS CULTURE; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; TISSUE CULTURE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROIDS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84871274369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051579     Document Type: Article

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