Deficient expression of genes involved in the endogenous defense system against transposons in cryptorchid boys with impaired mini-puberty

Sexual Development

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 287-293

  Hadziselimovic, F ^a,b   Hadziselimovic, N O ^b   Demougin, P ^c   Krey, G ^b   Oakeley, E J ^d  

^a Children's Day Care Clinic Liestal   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Andrology   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adult dark spermatogonia; Azoospermia; Cryptorchidism; Germ cell; Transposon

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; MOV10 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RNA HELICASE;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHILD; CRYPTORCHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPOSON;

AZOOSPERMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; DNA HELICASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA HELICASES;

EID: 84857047147     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335188     Document Type: Article

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