Expression of androgen receptor co-regulators in the testes of men with azoospermia

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 1397-1405

  Lan, Kuo Chung ^a,b   Hseh, Chang Yi ^a   Lu, Sheng Yun ^a   Chang, Shiuh Young ^a   Shyr, Chih Rong ^b   Chen, Yen Ta ^a   Kang, Hong Yo ^a,b   Huang, Ko En ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

androgen receptor co regulators; androgen receptors; Azoospermia

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

AZOOSPERMIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 43549095484     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.03.092     Document Type: Article

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