Sertoli cell proliferation in the adult testis is induced by unilateral gonadectomy in African catfish

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 160-167

  Schulz, Rüdiger W ^a   van Dijk, Wytske ^a   Chaves Pozo, Elena ^a,c   García López, Ángel ^a,d   de França, Luiz R ^b   Bogerd, Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Compensatory response; Fsh signalling; Sertoli cell proliferation; Testicular androgen secretion; Unilateral gonadectomy

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; POLYESTRADIOL PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; GONADECTOMY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 84860514342     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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