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SUBMITTER: Topper VY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4553128 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Topper Viktoria Y VY Walker Deena M DM Gore Andrea C AC
Molecular and cellular endocrinology 20150717
This study examined developmental changes and sexual dimorphisms in hypothalamic microRNAs, and whether gestational exposures to environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) altered their expression patterns. Pregnant rat dams were treated on gestational days 16 and 18 with vehicle, estradiol benzoate, or a mixture of polychlorinated biphenyls. Male and female offspring were euthanized on postnatal days (P) 15, 30, 45, or 90, and microRNA and mRNA targets were quantified in the medial pre ...[more]