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Perinatal programming of adult rat germ cell death after exposure to xenoestrogens: role of microRNA miR-29 family in the down-regulation of DNA methyltransferases and Mcl-1.
Endocrinology - 1 Apr 2012
Meunier Léo, Siddeek Bénazir, Vega Aurélie, Lakhdari Nadjem, Inoubli Lilia, Bellon Rachel Paul, Lemaire Géraldine, Mauduit Claire, Benahmed Mohamed
Abstract excerpt
Different studies have pointed out that developmental exposure to environmental endocrine disruptors can induce long-term testicular germ cell death probably through epigenetic mechanisms. By using a model of early neonatal post-natal day (PND) 1 to 5 exposure of male rats to a xenoestrogen, estr...
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