Assuring safety without animal testing: The case for the human testis in vitro

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 63-68

  Chapin, Robert E ^a   Boekelheide, Kim ^b   Cortvrindt, Rita ^c   Van Duursen, Majorie B M ^d   Gant, Tim ^e   Jegou, Bernard ^f   Marczylo, Emma ^e   Van Pelt, Ans M M ^g   Post, Janine N ^h   Roelofs, Maarke J E ^d   Schlatt, Stefan ⁱ   Teerds, Katja J ^j   Toppari, Jorma ^k   Piersma, Aldert H ^d,l  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Eggcentris   (Belgium)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^j WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^l NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

BIOMIMETICS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYPTORCHISM; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SAFETY; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS DISEASE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WORKSHOP;

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; TESTIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84878970900     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: 18731708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2013.04.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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