Comparing expression of progesterone and estrogen receptors in testicular tissue from men with obstructive and nonobstructive azoospermia

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-133

  Han, Yibing ^a   Feng, Huai L ^b   Sandlow, Jay I ^c   Haines, Christopher J ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor x; Male infertility

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ISOPROTEIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS BIOPSY; VARICOCELE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AZOOSPERMIA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SERTOLI CELL-ONLY SYNDROME; SPERM MATURATION; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 62649086655     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.108.005157     Document Type: Article

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