The role of follicle-stimulating hormone in spermatogenesis: Lessons from knockout animal models

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 601-608

  Sairam, M R ^a   Krishnamurthy, H ^a  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fertility; Follitropin receptor; Gene mutations; Infertility; Knockouts; Sperm characteristics; Testicular function

Indexed keywords

DNA; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

BETA CHAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CONTRACEPTION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONAD FUNCTION; HORMONE ACTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE INFERTILITY; MATURITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL NUCLEUS; FINLAND; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MACACA RADIATA; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHENOTYPE; PUBERTY, DELAYED; RECEPTORS, FSH; RECEPTORS, LH; SERTOLI CELLS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; VACCINES, CONTRACEPTIVE;

EID: 0035668977     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-4409(01)00328-9     Document Type: Review

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