Moderate zinc deficiency reduces testicular Zip6 and Zip10 abundance and impairs spermatogenesis in mice

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 359-365

  Croxford, Thomas P ^a   McCormick, Nicholas H ^a   Kelleher, Shannon L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC TRANSPORTER; ZIP1 PROTEIN; ZIP10 PROTEIN; ZIP14 PROTEIN; ZIP5 PROTEIN; ZIP6 PROTEIN; ZIP8 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; LEYDIG CELLS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OLIGOSPERMIA; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; ZINC;

MUS;

EID: 79951971648     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.131318     Document Type: Article

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