Claudin 11 deficiency in mice results in loss of the sertoli cell epithelial phenotype in the testis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 202-213

  Mazaud Guittot, S ^a,b,c,d,e   Meugnier, E ^a,b,c,d,e   Pesenti, S ^a,b,c,d,e   Wu, X ^f   Vidal, H ^a,b,c,d,e   Gow, A ^f,g   Le Magueresse Battistoni, B ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^f WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood testis barrier; Gene regulation; Sertoli cells; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELL MARKER; CLAUDIN 11; CLDN11 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NERVE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS; TIGHT JUNCTION; ANIMAL; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS;

MUS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 77950349155     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.078907     Document Type: Article

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