Ectoplasmic specializations in the Sertoli cell: New vistas based on genetic defects and testicular toxicology

Anatomical Science International

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-16

  Toyama, Yoshiro ^a   Maekawa, Mamiko ^a   Yuasa, Shigeki ^a,b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood testis barrier; Ectoplasmic specialization; Sertoli cell; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN;

ACROSOME; ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; AZOOSPERMIA; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SPECIFICITY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KNOCKOUT GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MAMMAL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; REVIEW; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS DISEASE; TIGHT JUNCTION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESTROGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0038519815     PISSN: 14476959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-7722.2003.00034.x     Document Type: Review

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