TGF-β3 regulates the blood-testis barrier dynamics via the p38 mitogen activated protein (MAP) kinase pathway: An in vivo study

Endocrinology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1139-1142

  Lui, Wing Yee ^a   Wong, Ching Hang ^a   Mruk, Dolores D ^a   Cheng, C Yan ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3; 4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; 4-(4-FLUOROPHENYL)-2-(4-HYDROXYPHENYL)-5-(4-PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; OCCLUDIN; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TGFB3 PROTEIN, RAT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS; ANIMAL; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; IMIDAZOLES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3;

EID: 0037374822     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2002-0211     Document Type: Article

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