Hormonal regulation of spermatogenesis and spermiogenesis

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 109, Issue 3-5, 2008, Pages 323-330

  Sofikitis, Nikolaos ^a   Giotitsas, Nikolaos ^a   Tsounapi, Panagiota ^a   Baltogiannis, Dimitrios ^a   Giannakis, Dimitrios ^a   Pardalidis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Growth factors; Hormones; Spermatogenesis; Spermiogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; FOLLISTATIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROTEIN BCL 2; SOMATOSTATIN; TESTOSTERONE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; GERM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM;

ANIMALS; GERM CELLS; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MITOSIS; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 44149085371     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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