Testicular development in male rats is sensitive to a soy-based diet in the neonatal period

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Napier, India D ^a   Simon, Liz ^b   Perry, Devin ^a   Cooke, Paul S ^c   Stocco, Douglas M ^d   Sepehr, Estatira ^e   Doerge, Daniel R ^e   Kemppainen, Barbara W ^a   Morrison, Edward E ^a   Akingbemi, Benson T ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Androgens androgen receptor; Daidzein; Endocrine disruptors; Genistein; Leydig cells; Phytoestrogen; Sex steroids; Testis; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CASEIN; DAIDZEIN; FAT; GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PROTEIN; TRACE ELEMENT; DAIDZIN; SEX HORMONE;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PUERPERIUM; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOYBEAN; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DIET; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONG EVANS RAT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DIET; FEMALE; GENISTEIN; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; ISOFLAVONES; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SOY FOODS; TESTIS;

EID: 84899979166     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.113787     Document Type: Article

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