Expression of galectin-3 and its regulation in the testes

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-40

  Deschildre, Catherine ^a,b   Ji, Jing Wei ^a,b   Chater, Sonia ^a,b   Dacheux, Françoise ^c   Selva, Jacqueline ^e   Albert, Martine ^e   Bailly, Marc ^e   Hatey, François ^d   Benahmed, Mohamed ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

Author keywords

Epidermal growth factor; Follicle stimulating hormone; Galectin 3; Sertoli cells; Tumour necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; CYTOKINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FLUTAMIDE; FOLLITROPIN; GALECTIN 3; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SWINE; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASE 3; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FLUTAMIDE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GALECTIN 3; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SWINE; TESTIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 33846488606     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2006.00707.x     Document Type: Article

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