Regulation of Sertoli cell activin A and inhibin B by tumour necrosis factor α and interleukin 1α: Interaction with follicle-stimulating hormone/adenosine 3',5'-cyclic phosphate signalling

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 335, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-203

  Kazutaka, Saito ^a,b   Winnall, Wendy R ^a   Muir, Julie A ^a   Hedger, Mark P ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activin; FSH; Inhibin; Interleukin 1 ; Sertoli cell; Tumour necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; CYCLIC AMP; DIBUTYRYL CYCLIC GMP; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; INHIBIN B; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; STEM CELL FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONE INHIBITION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BUCLADESINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC AMP; DOWN-REGULATION; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; INHIBINS; INTERLEUKIN-1ALPHA; MALE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, FSH; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SERTOLI CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPHINGOSINE; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 79951713328     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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