Role of FSH and triiodothyronine in Sertoli cell development expressed by formation of connexin 43-based gap junctions

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 315 A, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 329-336

  Marchlewska, Katarzyna ^a   Kula, Krzysztof ^a   Walczak Jedrzejowska, Renata ^a   Oszukowska, Elzbieta ^a   Filipiak, Eliza ^a   Slowikowska Hilczer, Jolanta ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LIOTHYRONINE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CELL JUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONNEXIN 43; ESTRADIOL; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GAP JUNCTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 79958161624     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.679     Document Type: Article

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