Brief maternal exposure of rats to the xenobiotics dibutyl phthalate or diethylstilbestrol alters adult-type Leydig cell development in male offspring

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 261-268

  Ivell, Richard ^a,b   Heng, Kee ^a   Nicholson, Helen ^c   Anand Ivell, Ravinder ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

dibutyl phthalate (DBP); diethylstilbestrol (DES); INSL3; Leydig cells; puberty; testis

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOGENITAL DISTANCE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNOASSAY; LACTATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; PUBERTY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSULIN; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 84874632144     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2012.138     Document Type: Article

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