Bisphenol a exposure during adulthood causes augmentation of follicular atresia and luteal regression by Decreasing 17β-estradiol synthesis via downregulation of aromatase in rat ovary

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 663-669

  Lee, Seung Gee ^a,b   Kim, Ji Young ^a   Chung, Jin Yong ^a   Kim, Yoon Jae ^a,b   Park, Ji Eun ^a,b   Oh, Seunghoon ^c   Yoon, Yong Dal ^d   Yoo, Ki Soo ^a,b   Yoo, Young Hyun ^a,b   Kim, Jong Min ^a,b  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

^b Mitochondria Hub Regulation Center   (South Korea)

^c Dankook University   (South Korea)

^d Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Aromatase; Bisphenol a; Follicular atresia; Luteal regression; Ovary; Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein

Indexed keywords

4, 4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; AROMATASE; CALBINDIN; CASPASE 3; COLLAGEN FIBER; CYCLINE; ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELISA KIT; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HISTOLOGY; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THECA CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AROMATASE; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOWN-REGULATION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR ATRESIA; GRANULOSA CELLS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEOLYSIS; OVARY; PHENOLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 84878428926     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1205823     Document Type: Article

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