Is there a role for thyroid hormone on spermatogenesis?

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 796-808

  Wagner, Marcia Santos ^a   Wajner, Simone Magagnin ^a   Maia, Ana Luiza ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Iodothyronine deiodinases; Spermatogenesis; Testis; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

HORMONES;

CELL SURVIVAL; GERM CELLS; IODOTHYRONINE; IODOTHYRONINE DEIODINASE; LEYDIG CELLS; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; THYROID HORMONES; VERTEBRATE SPECIES;

CELLS;

CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; LIOTHYRONINE; PROTIRELIN; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; THYROXINE DEIODINASE;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GERM CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

RATTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70350525259     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20759     Document Type: Review

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