Isolation of sertoli cells from adult rat testes: An approach to ex vivo studies of sertoli cell function

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 996-1002

  Anway, Matthew D ^a   Folmer, Janet ^a   Wright, William W ^a   Zirkin, Barry R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Sertoli cells; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN L; CLUSTERIN; META TYROSINE; PROTAMINE; PROTAMINE P2; TRANSFERRIN; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CATHEPSINS; CLUSTERIN; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; GLYCOPROTEINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; TRANSFERRIN;

ANIMALIA; MYOIDA; MYOIDEA;

EID: 0037369771     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.008045     Document Type: Article

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