Prenatal testosterone excess alters Sertoli and germ cell number and testicular FSH receptor expression in rams

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 299, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Rojas García, Pedro P ^a   Recabarren, Mónica P ^a   Sarabia, Luis ^b   Schön, Jennifer ^c   Gabler, Christoph ^c   Einspanier, Ralf ^c   Maliqueo, Manuel ^d   Sir Petermann, Teresa ^d   Rey, Rodolfo ^e,f   Recabarren, Sergio E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^e HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fetal programming; Follicle stimulating hormone

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAM (SHEEP); SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GERM CELLS; LEUPROLIDE; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTORS, FSH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; SHEEP; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 78649679226     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00032.2010     Document Type: Article

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