In vivo chronic and in vitro acute effects of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate on pseudopregnant rabbit corpora lutea: Possible involvement of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Parillo, Francesco ^a   Maranesi, Margherita ^b   Brecchia, Gabriele ^b   Gobbetti, Anna ^c   Boiti, Cristiano ^b   Zerani, Massimo ^a  

^a Universitàdi Camerino MC   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

3beta HSD; Corpora lutea; Corpus luteum; DEHP; Endocrine disruptors; PGF2alpha; PPARG; Progesterone progesterone receptor; Prostaglandins; PTGS2; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

2 CHLORO 5 NITRO N (4 PYRIDYL)BENZAMIDE; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; PLASTICIZER; POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RABBIT; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OVULATION; PHARMACOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; TIME; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; OVULATION; PLASTICIZERS; PPAR GAMMA; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RABBITS; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC;

EID: 84899960069     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.109223     Document Type: Article

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