Androgen action via testicular peritubular myoid cells is essential for male fertility

FASEB Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4218-4230

  Welsh, Michelle ^a   Saunders, Philippa T K ^a   Atanassova, Nina ^b   Sharpe, Richard M ^a   Smith, Lee B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Experimental Morphology and Anthropology Bulgarian Academy of Sciences   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Spermatogenesis; Steroid receptors; Stromal epithelial interactions; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENITAL SYSTEM; GERM CELL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WILD TYPE;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MUS; MYOIDA;

EID: 72749101744     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-138347     Document Type: Article

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