Dietary alpha-tacopherol affects differential gene expression in rat testes

IUBMB Life

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 277-280

  Rota, Cristina ^a   Barella, Luca ^b   Minihane, Anne Marie ^a   Stöcklin, Elisabeth ^b   Rimbach, Gerald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Tocopherol; DNA array; Gene expression; Rats; Testes; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

7 DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL REDUCTASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; CYCLIN D3; OXIDIZING AGENT; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RNA; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WT1 PROTEIN; 7-DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL REDUCTASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYCLINE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WTAP PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE CANCER; RAT; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; VITAMIN INTAKE; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; TIME; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYCLINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 4644254523     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540410001724133     Document Type: Article

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