Corticosterone rather than ethanol epigenetic programmed testicular dysplasia caused by prenatal ethanol exposure in male offspring rats

Prenatal ethanol exposure (PEE) could affect offspring’s testicular development. This study aimed to illuminate its intrauterine origin and the programming mechanism caused by PEE. Pregnant Wistar rats were given ethanol (4 g/kg.d) by gavage administration during gestational days (GD) 9–20. Serum sa...

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Main Authors: Min Liu, Qi Zhang, Linguo Pei, Yunfei Zou, Guanghui Chen, Hui Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-03-01
Series:Epigenetics
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15592294.2019.1581595