Effect of chloroquine on the formation of tight junctions in cultured immature rat Sertoli cells

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 249-255

  Okanlawon, Abayomi ^a   Dym, Martin ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chloroquine; Sertoli cells; TER

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CHLOROQUINE; PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIGHT JUNCTION;

AMINES; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHLOROQUINE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; LYSOSOMES; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SERTOLI CELLS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0029905296     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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