Sertoli cell tight junction dynamics: Their regulation during spermatogenesis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1087-1097

  Lui, Wing Yee ^a   Mruk, Dolores ^a   Lee, Will M ^b   Cheng, C Yan ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Sertoli cells; Signal transduction; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3;

BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SHORT SURVEY; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0037378623     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.010371     Document Type: Short Survey

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