Prenatal exposure to DEHP affects spermatogenesis and sperm DNA methylation in a strain-dependent manner

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Prados, Julien ^a,b   Stenz, Ludwig ^b   Somm, Emmanuel ^c   Stouder, Christelle ^b   Dayer, Alexandre ^a,d   Paoloni Giacobino, Ariane ^b,d  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DI (2 ETHYLHEXYL)PHTALATE; DNA; MICRORNA; PLASTICIZER; SPERM DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DIFFERENTIALLY METHYLATED REGION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA STRUCTURE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OLFR GENE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; PROMOTER REGION; PYROSEQUENCING; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VMN GENE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; INBRED MOUSE STRAIN; PREGNANCY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PLASTICIZERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84941978902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132136     Document Type: Article

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