A novel effect of polychlorinated biphenyls: Impairment of the tight junctions in the mouse epididymis

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 382-390

  Cai, Jiali ^a   Wang, Chonggang ^a   Huang, Lixing ^a   Chen, Meng ^a   Zuo, Zhenghong ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epididymis; GTP binding; Microarray; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Tight junctions

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR 1254; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN DISULFIDE ISOMERASE; PROTEIN ZO1; TIGHT JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RIBOSOME; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TIGHT JUNCTION;

EPIDIDYMIS; GTP BINDING; MICROARRAY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS.;

ANIMALS; CHLORODIPHENYL (54% CHLORINE); EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SPERM MOTILITY; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 84880682946     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kft106     Document Type: Article

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