Rapid estrogen signaling in spermatogenesis

Immunology, Endocrine and Metabolic Agents in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 294-305

  Carreau, Serge ^a   Chimento, A ^b   Bois, C ^a   Sirianni, R ^b   Delalande, C ^a   Pezzi, Vincenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Aromatase; ER ; ER ; Estrogen; Estrogen receptor; Germ cells; GPER; GPR30; Proliferation; Spermatids; Spermatocytes; Spermatogonia; Testis

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; COLECALCIFEROL; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FOLLITROPIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 30; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; APOPTOSIS; BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FERTILITY; FROZEN SECTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS CELL; UPREGULATION;

EID: 80055108614     PISSN: 18715222     EISSN: 18756115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1871522211108040294     Document Type: Editorial

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