Exposure to mono-n-butyl phthalate disrupts the development of preimplantation embryos

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1174-1184

  Chu, Da Peng ^a,b   Tian, Shi ^c   Sun, Da Guang ^d   Hao, Chan Juan ^a,b   Xia, Hong Fei ^a,b   Ma, Xu ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY PLANNING   (China)

^b GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c Haidian Maternal and Child Health Hospital   (China)

^d Chongqing Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Reproductive Health   (China)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BUTYL ESTER; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME RELEASE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERES; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; DNA METHYLATION; ECTOGENESIS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MORULA; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PLASTICIZERS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SOLVENTS;

EID: 84885575327     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD12178     Document Type: Article

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