AR versus ER (α) expression in the testis and pituitary following chronic estrogen administration in adult rat

Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 420-430

  Kaushik, Mahesh C ^a   Misro, M M ^a   Sehgal, Neeta ^b   Nandan, Deoki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor (AR); Apoptosis; Estrogen receptor (ER); Estrogen treatment; Immunostaining; Pituitary; RT PCR; Testis; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FOLLITROPIN; OLIVE OIL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; DOWN-REGULATION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 78649307532     PISSN: 19396368     EISSN: 19396368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19396368.2010.501891     Document Type: Article

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