Expression of the TGF-beta1 system in human testicular pathologies

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gonzalez, Candela R ^a   Matzkin, María E ^a,d   Frungieri, Mónica B ^a,d   Terradas, Claudio ^b,c   Ponzio, Roberto ^d   Puigdomenech, Elisa ^c   Levalle, Oscar ^b   Calandra, Ricardo S ^a   Gonzalez Calvar, Silvia I ^a,d  

^a INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DURAND   (Argentina)

^c Instituto Medico PREFER   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOGLIN; MESSENGER RNA; SMAD PROTEIN; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 2; ACVRL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; ENG PROTEIN, HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; TGF BETA TYPE I RECEPTOR; TGF-BETA TYPE I RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA TYPE II RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-BETA TYPE II RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOSPERMATOGENESIS; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFERTILITY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL ONLY SYNDROME; TESTIS DISEASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TESTIS;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE II; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; INFERTILITY, MALE; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELL-ONLY SYNDROME; SMAD PROTEINS; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTIS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 78649613136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-8-148     Document Type: Article

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