Disruption of germ cell-Sertoli cell interactions leads to spermatogenic defects

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 155-157

  Syed, V ^a   Hecht, N B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Male germ cells; Rat testicular cell cell communication; Sertoli cells

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE PROTEIN; SERTONIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VON EBNER'S LIKE PROTEIN;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LOSS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; GERM CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 0037168923     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(01)00656-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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