Molecular profiling of the human testis reveals stringent pathway-specific regulation of RNA expression following gonadotropin suppression and progestogen treatment

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 389-403

  Bayne, Rosemary A L ^a,d   Forster, Thorsten ^c   Burgess, Stewart T G ^c   Craigon, Marie ^c   Walton, Melanie J ^b   Baird, David T ^b   Ghazal, Peter ^c   Anderson, Richard A ^a  

^a MRC Reproductive Biology Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microarray analysis; Steroidogenesis; Testicular function

Indexed keywords

GESTAGEN; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GONADOTROPIN; RNA; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSL3 GENE; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DESOGESTREL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROGESTINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 46449116132     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.107.004168     Document Type: Article

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