Intra-testicular injection of adenoviral constructs results in Sertoli cell-specific gene expression and disruption of the seminiferous epithelium

Reproduction

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 361-370

  Hooley, R P ^a   Paterson, M ^a   Brown, P ^a   Kerr, K ^a   Saunders, P T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD68 ANTIGEN, HUMAN; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE TARGETING; GERM CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; VIRUS PARTICLE; ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INJECTION; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; NEUTROPHIL; NICK END LABELING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TESTIS; TRANSGENE; VIROLOGY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INJECTIONS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEUTROPHILS; PEROXIDASE; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 62449196528     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-08-0247     Document Type: Article

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