Decreased androgen receptor expression may contribute to spermatogenesis failure in rats exposed to low concentration of bisphenol A

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 116-124

  Qiu, Liang Lin ^a,b,c   Wang, Xuan ^a,c   Zhang, Xu hui ^a,c   Zhang, Zhan ^a,c   Gu, Jun ^a,c   Liu, Lu ^a,c   Wang, Yubang ^a,c   Wang, Xinru ^a,c   Wang, Shou Lin ^a,c  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Nanjing Medical University   (China)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Bisphenol A; Protein expression; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; OUTER DENSE FIBER PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSITION PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; GENE EXPRESSION; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REPRODUCTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

RATTUS;

EID: 84876335292     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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