Absence of inhibin alpha and retinoblastoma protein leads to early sertoli cell dysfunction

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Nalam, Roopa L ^a   Andreu Vieyra, Claudia ^a,b   Matzuk, Martin M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 2; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 2A; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; INHIBIN ALPHA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PUMA PROTEIN; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INHIBIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; INHIBIN-ALPHA SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FERTILITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; GONAD TUMOR; INFERTILITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIVER WEIGHT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DEPLETION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; FERTILITY; GENOTYPE; INHIBINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; SERTOLI CELLS;

EID: 77955597347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011797     Document Type: Article

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