The Fas system, a regulator of testicular germ cell apoptosis, is differentially up-regulated in Sertoli cell versus germ cell injury of the testis

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 852-858

  Lee, Jeongwu ^a   Richburg, John H ^c   Shipp, Elizabeth B ^a   Meistrich, Marvin L ^b   Boekelheide, Kim ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0032910202     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.2.6479     Document Type: Article

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