Expression of fractalkine in the rat testis: Molecular cloning of a novel alternative transcript of its gene that is differentially regulated by pro-inflammatory cytokines

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 9, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 449-455

  Habasque, Cécile ^a   Satie, Anne Pascale ^a   Aubry, Florence ^a   Jégou, Bernard ^a   Samson, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Chemokine; CX3CL1; Fractalkine; Testis

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMESYLATE; FRACTALKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATION; LEYDIG CELL; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REVIEW; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOKINES, CX3C; CLODRONIC ACID; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LEYDIG CELLS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SERTOLI CELLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038487362     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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