Bisphenol A regulation of testicular endocrine function in male rats is affected by diet

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 479-487

  Nanjappa, Manjunatha K ^a   Ahuja, Manuj ^b   Dhanasekaran, Muralikrishnan ^b   Coleman, Elaine S ^a   Braden, Tim D ^a   Bartol, Frank F ^a   Bird, R Curtis ^b   Wanders, Desiree ^a   Judd, Robert L ^a   Akingbemi, Benson T ^a  

^a Physiology and Pharmacology ^*  (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiponectin; Leydig cells; Oxidative stress; Steroid hormones; Xenoestrogen

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ADIPONECTIN; ADIPONECTIN RECEPTOR; ADIPONECTIN RECEPTOR 2, RAT; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; LEYDIG CELL; LIPID DIET; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS; TOXICITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADIPONECTIN; ANIMALS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BODY WEIGHT; DIET, HIGH-FAT; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, ADIPONECTIN; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84893836678     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2014.01.024     Document Type: Article

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