Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) regulates blood-testis barrier (BTB) in adult rats

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 348, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-146

  Catizone, A ^a   Ricci, G ^b,c   Caruso, M ^a   Ferranti, F ^a   Canipari, R ^a   Galdieri, M ^b,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c National Inst of Biostructures and Biosystems InterUniv Consortium Unit of Sections of Naples   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actin; HGF; Testis; TGF ; Tight junction; UPA

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; OCCLUDIN; SCATTER FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EPITHELIUM; GERM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; EPITHELIUM; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UROKINASE-TYPE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 80755133319     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.07.050     Document Type: Article

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