Maternal lead exposure during lactation persistently impairs testicular development and steroidogenesis in male offspring

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1384-1394

  Wang, Hua ^a   Ji, Yan Li ^a   Wang, Qun ^a   Zhao, Xian Feng ^a   Ning, Huan ^a   Liu, Ping ^a   Zhang, Cheng ^a   Yu, Tao ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a   Meng, Xiu Hong ^a   Xu, De Xiang ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptor; Lead; Steroidogenesis; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DRINKING WATER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GENOMIC DNA; LEAD; LEAD ACETATE; RNA; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LACTATION; LEYDIG CELL; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

MUS;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; LEAD; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; FEMALE; LACTATION; LEAD; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MILK; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WEANING;

EID: 84886090829     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.2795     Document Type: Article

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