Reduced urea flux across the blood-testis barrier and early maturation in the male reproductive system in UT-B-null mice

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Guo, Lirong ^a   Zhao, Dan ^a,b   Song, Yuanlin ^b   Meng, Yan ^a   Zhao, Huashan ^a   Zhao, Xuejian ^a   Yang, Baoxue ^b,c  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Male sexual function; Sertoli cell; Spermatogenesis; Testis; Urea transporter

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN BINDING PROTEIN; CARBON 14; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; UREA TRANSPORTER B;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KINETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; SERTOLI CELL; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATID; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANDROGEN-BINDING PROTEIN; ANIMALS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORGAN SIZE; RECEPTORS, FSH; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; UREA;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 34547135701     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00608.2006     Document Type: Article

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