P-glycoprotein regulates blood-testis barrier dynamics via its effects on the occludin/zonula occludens 1 (ZO-1) protein complex mediated by focal adhesion kinase (FAK)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 49, 2011, Pages 19623-19628

  Su, Linlin ^a   Mruk, Dolores D ^a   Lui, Wing Yee ^b   Lee, Will M ^b   Chen, C Yan ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Basal ectoplasmic specialization; Male contraception; Seminiferous epithelial cycle

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; GLYCOPROTEIN P; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN ZO1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG TRANSPORT; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOSOME; EPITHELIUM CELL; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SERTOLI CELL; STEADY STATE; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; ENDOCYTOSIS; FOCAL ADHESION PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; HYDRAZINES; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INDAZOLES; KINETICS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; P-GLYCOPROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SERTOLI CELLS;

EID: 83755207358     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1111414108     Document Type: Article

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