Assessing the role of claudins in maintaining the integrity of epididymal tight junctions using novel human epididymal cell lines

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1119-1128

  Dubé, Évemie ^a   Dufresne, Julie ^a   Chan, Peter T K ^b   Hermo, Louis ^c   Cyr, Daniel G ^a,c  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood epididymis barrier; Cell line; Epididymis; Male infertility; Male reproductive tract; Principal cells; Sperm maturation; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN; CLAUDIN 1; CLAUDIN 2; CLAUDIN 3; CLAUDIN 4; CLAUDIN 7; CLAUDIN 8; DESMOPLAKIN; OCCLUDIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; DIPLOIDY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TIGHT JUNCTION;

CELL LINE; CLAUDINS; DESMOSOMES; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953863028     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.083196     Document Type: Article

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