Claudin 5 expression in mouse seminiferous epithelium is dependent upon the transcription factor ets variant 5 and contributes to blood-testis barrier function

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 871-879

  Morrow, Carla M K ^a   Tyagi, Gaurav ^a   Simon, Liz ^a   Carnes, Kay ^a   Murphy, Kenneth M ^b   Cooke, Paul S ^a   Hofmann, Marie Claude C ^a   Hess, Rex A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood testis barrier; ETS related molecule (ERM); Gametogenesis; Sertoli cell tight junction; Sertoli cells; Spermatogenesis; Testis; Tracer study

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CLDN5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ETV5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; GERM CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; AGE; ANIMAL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

MUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 73349139531     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.077040     Document Type: Article

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