The effects of type 1 diabetes on the hypothalamic, pituitary and testes axis

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 349, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 839-847

  Schoeller, Erica L ^a   Schon, Samantha ^a   Moley, Kelle H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Insulin; Reproduction; Sperm; Testes

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE 2; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TESTOSTERONE;

AZOOSPERMIA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY BALANCE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN TREATMENT; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SUBFERTILITY; TESTIS CELL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULIN; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; TESTIS;

EID: 84866358516     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-012-1387-7     Document Type: Review

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