Selective ablation of the androgen receptor in mouse sertoli cells affects sertoli cell maturation, barrier formation and cytoskeletal development

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Willems, Ariane ^a   Batlouni, Sergio R ^b   Esnal, Arantza ^c   Swinnen, Johannes V ^a   Saunders, Philippa T K ^c   Sharpe, Richard M ^c   França, Luiz R ^d   de Gendt, Karel ^a   Verhoeven, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ 3; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANKYRIN; ANKYRIN 3; ANNEXIN A9; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CLAUDIN 11; CLAUDIN 3; JUNCTION ADHESION MOLECULE 3; LANTHANUM; MYELIN PROTEIN; MYELIN PROTEIN ZERO LIKE 2; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PROTEIN ZO1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN; CADHERIN; CDH2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CLDN11 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; ZONULA OCCLUDENS-1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; POLARIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; TESTIS; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MUS;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 78649788550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014168     Document Type: Article

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