Flutamide depresses expression of cortactin in the ectoplasmic specialization between the Sertoli cells and spermatids in the mouse testis

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1050-1056

  Anahara, Reiko ^a   Toyama, Yoshiro ^a   Maekawa, Mamiko ^a   Kai, Masayuki ^b,c   Ishino, Fumitoshi ^c   Toshimori, Kiyotaka ^a   Mori, Chisato ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortactin; Ectoplasmic specialization; Flutamide; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CORTACTIN; FLUTAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CORTACTIN; FLUTAMIDE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; SPERMATIDS; TESTIS;

EID: 33744924449     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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