Thyroid hormone receptor α1-β1 expression in epididymal epithelium from euthyroid and hypothyroid rats

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 631-642

  De Paul, Ana Lucía ^a   Mukdsi, Jorge Humberto ^a   Pellizas, Claudia Gabriela ^b   Montesinos, María ^b   Gutiérrez, Silvina ^a   Susperreguy, Sebastián ^b   Del Río, Alberto ^c   Maldonado, Cristina Alicia ^a   Torres, Alicia Inés ^a,b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Hypothyroidism; Immunohistochemistry; Thyroid hormone receptor 1 1 isoforms

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; MESSENGER RNA; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSOL; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; EUCHROMATIN; EUTHYROIDISM; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; STAINING; THYROIDECTOMY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

RATTUS;

EID: 42449164187     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-008-0397-8     Document Type: Article

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