4-Nitrophenol induces Leydig cells hyperplasia, which may contribute to the differential modulation of the androgen receptor and estrogen receptor-α and -β expression in male rat testes

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 228-235

  Zhang, Yonghui ^a   Piao, Yuanguo ^a   Li, Yansen ^a   Song, Meiyan ^a   Tang, Pingli ^a   Li, ChunMei ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

4 Nitrophenol; Androgen receptor; Estrogen receptor; Hormonal balance; Leydig cells

Indexed keywords

4 NITROPHENOL; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; BETA ACTIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

4-NITROPHENOL; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AR; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN.; BSA; DEP; DIESEL EXHAUST PARTICLES; EEDS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ER; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE; FSH; HE; HEMATOXYLIN AND EOSIN; HORMONAL BALANCE; LEYDIG CELLS; LH; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PBS; PHOSPHATE-BUFFERED SALINE; PNP; SD; SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; NITROPHENOLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TESTIS;

EID: 84886241163     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.09.011     Document Type: Article

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