Microvascular permeability to the F(ab')2 fragment of IgG in the male rat reproductive tract at puberty

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 221-240

  Pollanen P ^a   Cooper, T G ^b   Kokk, K ^a,c   Saari, T ^a   Setchell, B P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contraception; Endothelium; Epididymis; IgG; Permeability; Testis

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE VACCINE; FC RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG PENETRATION; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, IGG; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS;

EID: 0343487701     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(96)01003-0     Document Type: Article

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