Claudin-11 is over-expressed and dislocated from the blood-testis barrier in Sertoli cells associated with testicular intraepithelial neoplasia in men

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 755-764

  Fink, Cornelia ^a   Weigel, Roswitha ^a   Fink, Ludger ^b,c   Wilhelm, Jochen ^d   Kliesch, Sabine ^e   Zeiler, Martina ^a   Bergmann, Martin ^a   Brehm, Ralph ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY GIESSEN   (Germany)

^c Institute of Pathology and Cytology   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood testis barrier; Claudin 11; Normal spermatogenesis; Testicular intraepithelial neoplasia; ZO 1

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN 11; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN ZO1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS CANCER; TIGHT JUNCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 67349122084     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-009-0576-2     Document Type: Article

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