Gone with the Wnt: The canonical Wnt signaling axis is present and androgen dependent in the rodent gubernaculum

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2363-2369

  Chen, Nan ^a,b   Harisis, George N ^a,b   Farmer, Pamela ^a   Buraundi, Silverton ^a   Sourial, Magdy ^a   Southwell, Bridget R ^a   Balic, Adam ^c   Hutson, John M ^a,b,d  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

catenin; Axin2; Canonical Wnt pathway; Gubernaculums; Rat; Testicular descent

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AXIN 2 PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; FLUTAMIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREMASTER MUSCLE; CYTOPLASM; FETUS; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENT CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GUBERNACULUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MESENCHYME CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CRYPTORCHIDISM; FEMALE; FLUTAMIDE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MESODERM; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SCROTUM; TESTIS; WNT PROTEINS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 83455173594     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.09.032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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