Objective: To study the oxidative damage of di- (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) on MCF-7 cells, and to investigate the effects of 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3beta-HSD) gene silence or overexpression on DEHP-induced oxidative damage. Methods: MCF-7 cells, 3beta-HSD gene silencing cells and 3beta-HSD gene overexpression cells were treated with different doses of DEHP (0,0.05,0.1,0.2,0.4,0.8 mmol/L) for 24h, then intracellular oxidative damage index such as MDA, SOD, GSH, GSH-PX were detected, DNA repair gene hOGG1, hMTH1 mRNA expression were tested by Q-PCR, hOGG1, hMTH1 protein express...