Regulation of the proliferation of cocultured gonocytes and Sertoli cells by retinoids, triiodothyronine, and intracellular signaling factors: Differences between fetal and neonatal cells

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 194-203

  Boulogne, Barbara ^a   Habert, René ^a   Levacher, Christine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Gonocytes; Retinoids; Sertoli cells; Triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DERIVATIVE; LIOTHYRONINE; PHORBOL ESTER; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR BETA; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR GAMMA; RETINOID; RETINOID X RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SECRETION; CELL SURVIVAL; COCULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; FETUS; GERM CELL; GONOCYTE; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH REGULATION; MALE; MITOSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FETUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINOIDS; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0038302681     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10311     Document Type: Article

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