Use of organ culture to study the human fetal testis development: Effect of retinoic acid

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2696-2703

  Lambrot, Romain ^a,b,c,e   Coffigny, Hervé ^a,b,c,e   Pairault, Catherine ^a,b,c,e   Donnadieu, Anne Claire ^d,e   Frydman, René ^d,e   Habert, René ^a,b,c,e   Rouiller Fabre, Virginie ^a,b,c,e  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^e Institut Federatif de Recherche 13   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; MESSENGER RNA; RETINOIC ACID; STEROID 17,20 LYASE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GAMETOGENESIS; GERM CELL; GESTATION PERIOD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; ONSET AGE; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS FUNCTION; UPREGULATION;

RODENTIA;

EID: 33745800262     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-2113     Document Type: Article

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