Compartmentalization and regulation of iron metabolism proteins protect male germ cells from iron overload

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 302, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Leichtmann Bardoogo, Yael ^a   Cohen, Lyora A ^a   Weiss, Avital ^a   Marohn, Britta ^b   Schubert, Stephanie ^b   Meinhardt, Andreas ^c   Meyron Holtz, Esther G ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood testis barrier; Ferritin secretion; Iron regulatory protein 2; Seminiferous tubule; Sertoli cells

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROPORTIN; HFE PROTEIN; IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; IRON REGULATORY PROTEIN 2; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 2; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL PROTECTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; GERM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON STORAGE; IRON TRANSPORT; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CASPASE 3; CELL LINE; FERRITINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GERM CELLS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON REGULATORY PROTEIN 2; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 84862510604     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00007.2012     Document Type: Article

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