Scrotal heat stress causes a transient alteration in tight junctions and induction of tgf-β expression

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 34, Issue 4 PART 1, 2011, Pages 352-362

  Cai, H ^a   Ren, Y ^a   Li, X X ^a   Yang, J L ^a   Zhang, C P ^a   Chen, M ^a   Fan, C H ^a   Hu, X Q ^a   Hu, Z Y ^a   Gao, F ^a   Liu, Y X ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Blood testis barrier; Heat stress; Sertoli cells; Tight junction; Transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN 3; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN ZO1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HEAT STRESS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCROTUM; SERTOLI CELL; THERMAL EXPOSURE; TIGHT JUNCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA PRIMERS; FERTILITY; HOT TEMPERATURE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCROTUM; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 79960513248     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2010.01089.x     Document Type: Article

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