Effect of high intratesticular estrogen on global gene expression and testicular cell number in rats

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Balasinor, Nafisa H ^a   D'Souza, Ryan ^a   Nanaware, Padma ^b   Idicula Thomas, Susan ^b   Kedia Mokashi, Neelam ^a   He, Zuping ^c   Dym, Martin ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (India)

^b Genetic Research Centre India   (India)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYESTERASE3; CARBOXYLESTERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR STIMULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; ESTROGEN RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM CELL; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PLOIDY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS CELL; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; LEYDIG CELL; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESTROGENS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GERM CELLS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RATS; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; UP-REGULATION; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 77953704005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-8-72     Document Type: Article

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