Opposite regulation of connexin33 and connexin43 by LPS and IL-1α in spermatogenesis

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 290, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Fiorini, Celine ^a   Decrouy, Xavier ^b   Defamie, Norah ^a   Segretain, Dominique ^b   Pointis, Georges ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Germ cell proliferation; Sertoli cell

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN CONNEXIN 33; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GJA6 PROTEIN, RAT; INTERLEUKIN 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL LINE; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTERLEUKIN-1; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 33645453371     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00106.2005     Document Type: Article

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