Cytological and expression studies and quantitative analysis of the temporal and stage-specific effects of follicle-stimulating hormone and testosterone during cocultures of the normal human seminiferous epithelium

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 962-975

  Sá, Rosália ^a   Neves, Rui ^a   Fernandes, Susana ^a   Alves, Cláudia ^a   Carvalho, Filipa ^a   Silva, Joaquina ^b   Cremades, Nieves ^a   Malheiro, Isabel ^c   Barros, Alberto ^a,b   Sousa, Mário ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Germ cell differentiation; Germ cell proliferation; Meiosis; Spermatogenesis in vitro

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DIPLOIDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MEIOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS BIOPSY;

APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MALE; MEIOSIS; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 55549094848     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.107.067546     Document Type: Article

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