In vitro testicular toxicity models: Opportunities for advancement via biomedical engineering techniques

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Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 353-377

  Saldutti, Louise Parks ^a   Beyer, Bruce K ^b   Breslin, William ^c   Brown, Terry R ^d   Chapin, Robert E ^e   Campion, Sarah ^e   Enright, Brian ^f   Faustman, Elaine ^g   Foster, Paul M D ^h   Hartung, Thomas ^d   Kelce, William ⁱ   Kim, James H ^j   Loboa, Elizabeth G ^k   Piersma, Aldert H ^l   Seyler, David ^m,n   Turner, Katie J ^o   Yu, Hanry ^p   Yu, Xiaozhong ^q,r   Sasaki, Jennifer C ^s  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b SANOFI   (France)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

^f ABBVIE INC   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^j Leading Edge PharmTox LLC   (United States)

^k ILSI HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^l NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

ⁿ UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^o RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^p NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^q Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology University of Washington   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^s ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Bioengineering; Biomedical engineering; In vitro screening reproduc; Testicular toxicity

Indexed keywords

ABIRATERONE ACETATE; AFLIBERCEPT; BOCEPREVIR; BRENTUXIMAB VEDOTIN; CRIZOTINIB; EPICHLOROHYDRIN; ICATIBANT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; ROFLUMILAST; TADALAFIL; TELAPREVIR; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SURVIVAL; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG SAFETY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; ENERGY METABOLISM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATING; MIXED CELL CULTURE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTICULAR TOXICITY; TESTIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; TIGHT JUNCTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 84883896050     PISSN: 1868596X     EISSN: 18688551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14573/altex.2013.3.353     Document Type: Article

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