Estrogen promotes germ cell and seminiferous tubule development in the baboon fetal testis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 406-414

  Albrecht, Eugene D ^a   Lane, Malcolm V ^a   Marshall, Gary R ^b,c   Merchenthaler, Istvan ^a   Simorangkir, David R ^b   Pohl, Clifford R ^d   Plant, Tony M ^b   Pepe, Gerald J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CHATHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Estradiol; Sertoli cells; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; LETROZOLE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CASPASE 3; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; NITRILES; ORGAN SIZE; PAPIO ANUBIS; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TRIAZOLES;

PAPIO; PRIMATES;

EID: 68049142438     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.073494     Document Type: Article

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