Androgen deprivation from pre-puberty to peripuberty interferes in proteins expression in pubertal and adult rat epididymis

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-71

  Perobelli, Juliana E ^a,b   Patrão, Marília T C C ^c   Fernandez, Carla D B ^b   Sanabria, Marciana ^b   Klinefelter, Gary R ^d   Avellar, Maria Christina W ^c   Kempinas, Wilma D G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiandrogen; Epididymis; Peripuberty; Protein expression; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTIANDROGEN; CALMODULIN; CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN RAB11A; PROTEIN SP22; RAB11 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMATURITY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREMATURITY; PREPUBERTY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TISSUE SECTION;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; CALMODULIN; EPIDIDYMIS; FLUTAMIDE; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; RAB GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84876306025     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: 18731708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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