Androgen action in the epididymis

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 592-599

  Robaire, Bernard ^a   Hamzeh, Mahsa ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Dihydrotestosterone; Erk; Estradiol; Lgf1; Orchidectomy; Principal cells; Src

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTRADIOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; RATS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, IGF TYPE 1; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN;

EID: 80455129705     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.111.014266     Document Type: Review

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