Androgen receptor in sertoli cells is not required for testosterone-induced suppression of spermatogenesis, but contributes to sertoli cell organization in Utp14bjsd mice

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 338-348

  Wang, Gensheng ^a   Weng, Connie C Y ^a   Shao, Shan H ^a   Zhou, Wei ^a   De Gendt, Karel ^b   Braun, Robert E ^c,d   Verhoeven, Guido ^b   Meistrich, Marvin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Juvenile spermatogonial depletion; Spermatogonial differentiation; Testis; Vinculin

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUTAMIDE; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; TESTOSTERONE; VINCULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; HETEROCHROMATIN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 65549093602     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.108.006890     Document Type: Article

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