The blood-testis barrier: The junctional permeability, the proteins and the lipids

Progress in Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 49-127

  Pelletier, R Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adhering junction; Autoimmune orchitis (AIO); Cholesterol; Claudin 11; Gap junction; Lipid; Lipid droplet; Meiosis; Mink; N cadherin; Occludin; Seasonal breeder; Sertoli cell; Spermatogenesis; Testicular development; Testis; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; CLAUDIN 11; CONNEXIN 43; F ACTIN; FAT DROPLET; LIOTHYRONINE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; OCCLUDIN; THYROXINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BLOOD EPIDIDYMIS BARRIER; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOCYTOSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GAP JUNCTION; GERM CELL; MALE; MEIOSIS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PINOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RODENT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHOLESTEROL; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOSKELETON; GAP JUNCTIONS; GIANT CELLS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; THYROID HORMONES;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA; RODENTIA;

EID: 79960199294     PISSN: 00796336     EISSN: 18732186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proghi.2011.05.001     Document Type: Review

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