Elements of the kallikrein-kinin system are present in rat seminiferous epithelium

Immunopharmacology

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 107-114

  Monsees, Thomas K ^a   Miska, Werner ^a   Blöcher, Sonja ^a   Schill, Wolf Bernhard ^a   Winkler, Annett ^b   Siems, Wolf Eberhard ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR MOLEKULARE PHARMAKOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bradykinin receptor; Kallikrein; KKS; Proteases; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ; BRADYKININ B2 RECEPTOR; KININASE; TISSUE KALLIKREIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KALLIKREIN KININ SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELLS, CULTURED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KALLIKREIN-KININ SYSTEM; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, BRADYKININ; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; TISSUE KALLIKREINS;

EID: 0032734063     PISSN: 01623109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0162-3109(99)00062-4     Document Type: Article

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