Gene expression profiling and its relevance to the blood-epididymal barrier in the human epididymis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1034-1044

  Dubé, Evemie ^a   Chan, Peter T K ^b   Hermo, Louis ^c   Cyr, Daniel G ^a,c  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cadherin; Catenin; Claudin; Epididymal junctions; Epididymis; Gene regulation; Genomics; Male reproductive tract

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CATENIN; CLAUDIN; CLAUDIN 1; CLAUDIN 10; CLAUDIN 3; CLAUDIN 4; CLAUDIN 8; OCCLUDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ADULT; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; CELL ADHESION; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34249671175     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.106.059246     Document Type: Article

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