The ATP-binding cassette transporter 1 mediates lipid efflux from Sertoli cells and influences male fertility

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1040-1050

  Selva, David M ^a   Hirsch Reinshagen, Veronica ^a   Burgess, Braydon ^a   Zhou, Steven ^a   Chan, Jeniffer ^a   McIsaac, Sean ^a   Hayden, Michael R ^a   Hammond, Geoffrey L ^a   Vogl, A Wayne ^a   Wellington, Cheryl L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cholesterol efflux; Liver X receptor; Testes

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; CHOLESTEROL; FAT DROPLET; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPID; LIVER X RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOLIPID; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN; CELL STRAIN TM3; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIFESPAN; LIPID TRANSPORT; LIPOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE STERILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; SERTOLI CELL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WILD TYPE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CELL LINE; FERTILITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS;

EID: 2542471327     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M400007-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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