Interactions of proteases and protease inhibitors in sertoli-germ cell cocultures preceding the formation of specialized sertoli-germ cell junctions In Vitro

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 612-622

  Mruk, Dolores ^a,b   Zhu, Li Ji ^a   Silvestrini, Bruno ^c   Lee, Will M ^b   Cheng, C Yan ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cathepsin D; Cathepsin L; Cathepsin S; Cell migration; Intercellular junction; Testis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; CATHEPSIN; CYSTATIN C; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TRYPTASE; UROKINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITOR INTERACTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL;

ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; ANIMALS; CATHEPSINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHYMASES; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE I; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASES; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELLS; MALE; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; TRYPTASES; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 0031424610     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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