Leydig cell hyperplasia in an ENU-induced mutant mouse with germ cell depletion

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 225-228

  Khalaj, Maryam ^a   Abbasi, Abdol Rahim ^a   Nishimura, Ryo ^a   Akiyama, Kouyou ^a   Tsuji, Takehito ^a   Noguchi, Junko ^b   Okuda, Kiyoshi ^a   Kunieda, Tetsuo ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

ENU mutagenesis; Germ cell; Infertility; Leydig cell; Mouse; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; C3H MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COUNT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; HYPERPLASIA; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

ALKYLATING AGENTS; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; HOMOZYGOTE; HYPERPLASIA; INFERTILITY, MALE; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PHENOTYPE; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE;

MUS;

EID: 45349095363     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.19191     Document Type: Article

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