The contractile phenotype of peritubular smooth muscle cells is locally controlled: Possible implications in male fertility

Contraception

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 294-297

  Romano, Francesca ^a   Tripiciano, Antonella ^a   Muciaccia, Barbara ^a   De Cesaris, Paola ^b   Ziparo, Elio ^a   Palombi, Fioretta ^a   Filippini, Antonio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenomedullin; Endothelin; Seminiferous tubule; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ENDOTHELIN; PEPTIDE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRACEPTION; EJACULATION; HUMAN; MALE FERTILITY; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

EID: 25144442078     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2005.03.009     Document Type: Review

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