Gene-environment interactions in male reproductive health: Special reference to the aryl hydrocarbon receptor signaling pathway

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-96

  Brokken, Leon J S ^a   Giwercman, Yvonne Lundberg ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

androgen receptor; aryl hydrocarbon receptor; endocrine disrupter

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; DIOXIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FOLLITROPIN; STEROID RECEPTOR;

CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTIS CANCER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; DIOXINS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOKING;

EID: 84891904731     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.122193     Document Type: Review

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