Actions of 5α-reductase inhibitors on the epididymis

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 250, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 190-195

  Robaire, Bernard ^a   Henderson, Natali A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dihydrotestosterone; FK143; Male fertility; PNU157706; Rat; Sperm morphology; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

4 [3 [3 [BIS(4 ISOBUTYLPHENYL)METHYLAMINO]BENZOYL] 1H INDOL 1 YL]BUTYRIC ACID; ANDROSTANOLONE; CYSTATIN; DUTASTERIDE; FINASTERIDE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; N [2,2,2 TRIFLUORO 1 PHENYL 1 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)ETHYL] 3 OXO 4 AZA 5ALPHA ANDROST 1 ENE 17BETA CARBOXAMIDE; PROENKEPHALIN; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TESTOSTERONE; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; ARYLBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AZASTEROID; CHOLESTENONE 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; ISOENZYME; MALE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELL MATURATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTRACEPTION; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MATING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PARACRINE SIGNALING; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANDROSTENES; ANIMALS; AZASTEROIDS; CHOLESTENONE 5 ALPHA-REDUCTASE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FINASTERIDE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INDOLES; ISOENZYMES; MALE; PHENYLBUTYRATES; RATS; SPERM MATURATION; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE;

EID: 33646187202     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2005.12.044     Document Type: Article

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