Claudin-11 expression and localisation is regulated by androgens in rat Sertoli cells in vitro

Reproduction

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1169-1179

  Kaitu'u Lino, Tu'uhevaha J ^a   Sluka, Pavel ^a,b   Foo, Caroline F H ^a   Stanton, Peter G ^a,b  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; CLAUDIN; CLAUDIN 11; ESTRADIOL; FLUTAMIDE; FOLLITROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; OCCLUDIN; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA ISOLATION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; CELLS, CULTURED; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTOSTERONE; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

RATTUS;

EID: 34547600509     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-06-0385     Document Type: Article

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