Messenger RNA (mRNA) expression for the antimicrobial peptides β-defensin-1 and β-defensin-2 in the male rat reproductive tract: β-defensin-1 mRNA in initial segment and caput epididymidis is regulated by androgens and not bacterial lipopolysaccharides

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 509-515

  Palladino, M A ^a   Mallonga, T A ^a   Mishra, M S ^a  

^a MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Gene regulation; Male reproductive tract; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; BETA DEFENSIN; BETA DEFENSIN 1; BETA DEFENSIN 2; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; HORMONE ACTION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORCHIECTOMY; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BETA-DEFENSINS; EPIDIDYMIS; GENITALIA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTOSTERONE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0037305224     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.008953     Document Type: Article

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