Maturation, proliferation and apoptosis of seminal tubule cells at puberty after administration of estradiol, follicle stimulating hormone or both

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 585-592

  Walczak Jedrzejowska, Renata ^a   Slowikowska Hilczer, Jolanta ^a   Marchlewska, Katarzyna ^a   Kula, Krzysztof ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Estradiol; Follicle stimulating hormone; Germ cells; Proliferation; Sertoli cells

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; FOLLITROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LABELING; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PUBERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 45749088151     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2008.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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