Analysis of the intratesticular control of spermatogenesis by ex-vivo approaching

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Perrard, Marie Hélene ^a   Prisant, Nadia ^b   Geoffroy Siraudin, Cendrine ^c   Segretain, Dominique ^b   Pointis, Georges ^b   Guichaoua, Marie Roberte ^c   Durand, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

Author keywords

Germ cell culture; Spermatogenesis; Testicular regulations; Testicular toxicology

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYTOKINE; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH FACTOR; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROTROPHIN;

APOPTOSIS; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; COCULTURE; EX VIVO STUDY; GERM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE FERTILITY; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; SPERMATOZOON;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 75949089988     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10042-009-0061-8     Document Type: Review

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