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Atrazine-induced aromatase expression is SF-1 dependent: implications for endocrine disruption in wildlife and reproductive cancers in humans.
Environmental health perspectives - 1 May 2007
Fan WuQiang, Yanase Toshihiko, Morinaga Hidetaka, Gondo Shigeki, Okabe Taijiro, Nomura Masatoshi, Komatsu Tomoko, Morohashi Ken-Ichirou, Hayes Tyrone B, Takayanagi Ryoichi, Nawata Hajime
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BACKGROUND: Atrazine is a potent endocrine disruptor that increases aromatase expression in some human cancer cell lines. The mechanism involves the inhibition of phosphodiesterase and subsequent elevation of cAMP. METHODS: We compared steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1) expression in atrazine responsi...
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