Dysregulation of semaphorin7A/β1-integrin signaling leads to defective GnRH-1 cell migration, abnormal gonadal development and altered fertility

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 4759-4774

  Messina, Andrea ^a,d   Ferraris, Nicoletta ^a   Wray, Susan ^b   Cagnoni, Gabriella ^a   Donohue, Duncan E ^b   Casoni, Filippo ^b,d   Kramer, Phillip R ^b   Derijck, Alwin A ^c   Adolfs, Youri ^c   Fasolo, Aldo ^a   Pasterkamp, Ronald J ^c   Giacobini, Paolo ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Laboratory of Neurochemistry   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d JEAN PIERRE AUBERT RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTEGRIN; GONADORELIN; PLEXIN; SEMAPHORIN; SEMAPHORIN 7A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; FERTILITY; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBFERTILITY; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD29; AXONS; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; CELL MOVEMENT; FERTILITY; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; OLFACTORY BULB; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEMAPHORINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 81855166100     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr403     Document Type: Article

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