Chemical connexin impairment in the developing gonad associated with offspring infertility

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 33, 2011, Pages 5145-5158

  Gilleron, J ^a,c   Malassine A ^a   Carette, D ^a   Segretain, D ^b   Pointis, G ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical; Connexins; Development; Embryo; Environment; Fertility; Fetus; Gap junction; Neonatal; Oogenesis; Ovary; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 47; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MYELIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONGENITAL CATARACT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GASTRULATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE INFERTILITY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; ORGANOGENESIS; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN DISEASE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; OVARY; TESTIS;

EID: 80054874998     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: 1875533X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986711797636117     Document Type: Article

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