Effects of in Utero Exposure to Di(n-butyl) Phthalate for Estrogen Receptors α, β, and Androgen Receptor of Leydig Cell on Rats

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 877-887

  Wakui, Shin ^a   Shirai, Masaru ^a   Motohashi, Masaya ^a   Mutou, Tomoko ^b   Oyama, Noriko ^b   Wempe, Michael F ^c   Takahashi, Hiroyuki ^d   Inomata, Tomoo ^a   Ikegami, Masahiro ^d   Endou, Hitoshi ^e   Asari, Masao ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Drug Safety Testing Center   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e J Pharma Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

androgen receptor; estrogen receptor ; estrogen receptor ; Leydig cell; prenatal DBP exposure to rats; testis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; DI(N BUTYL) PHTHALATE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENETICS; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL HYPERPLASIA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE DEGENERATION; TESTICULAR DEGENERATION; TESTIS; TESTIS ATROPHY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN;

EID: 84903650371     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: 15331601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192623313502879     Document Type: Article

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