Molecular identity, expression and functional analysis of interleukin-1α and its isoforms in rat testis

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-153

  Sultana, Taranum ^a,b   Svechnikov, K V ^a   Gustafsson, K ^c   Wahlgren, A ^a   Tham, E ^a   Weber, G ^a   Soder O ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calpain; IL 1 ; Leydig cells; Sertoli cells; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALPAIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; INTERLEUKIN 1; ISOPROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEYDIG CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MITOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-1; MALE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEROIDS; TESTIS;

EID: 2942674306     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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