Maternal LPS Exposure during Pregnancy Impairs Testicular Development, Steroidogenesis and Spermatogenesis in Male Offspring

Hua Wang; Lu-Lu Yang; Yong-Fang Hu; Bi-Wei Wang; Yin-Yin Huang; Cheng Zhang; Yuan-Hua Chen; De-Xiang Xu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0106786

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Maternal LPS Exposure during Pregnancy Impairs Testicular Development, Steroidogenesis and Spermatogenesis in Male Offspring

Hua Wang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Hua Wang, Lu-Lu Yang

Affiliations Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China, Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health & Aristogenics, Hefei, Anhui, China
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Lu-Lu Yang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Hua Wang, Lu-Lu Yang

Affiliation Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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Yong-Fang Hu,

Affiliation Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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Bi-Wei Wang,

Affiliation Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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Yin-Yin Huang,

Affiliation Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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Cheng Zhang,

Affiliations Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China, Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health & Aristogenics, Hefei, Anhui, China
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Yuan-Hua Chen,

Affiliations Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China, Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health & Aristogenics, Hefei, Anhui, China, Department of Histology and Embryology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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De-Xiang Xu

* E-mail: xudex@126.com

Affiliations Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China, Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Population Health & Aristogenics, Hefei, Anhui, China
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Maternal LPS Exposure during Pregnancy Impairs Testicular Development, Steroidogenesis and Spermatogenesis in Male Offspring

Hua Wang,
Lu-Lu Yang,
Yong-Fang Hu,
Bi-Wei Wang,
Yin-Yin Huang,
Cheng Zhang,
Yuan-Hua Chen,
De-Xiang Xu

Published: September 25, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106786

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