Altered LKB1/AMPK/TSC1/TSC2/mTOR signaling causes disruption of sertoli cell polarity and spermatogenesis

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 4394-4405

  Tanwar, Pradeep S ^a,b   Kaneko tarui, Tomoko ^a   Zhang, LiHua ^a   Teixeira, Jose M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE KINASE; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL; LIVER KINASE B1 GENE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEUTZ JEGHERS SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTEN GENE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERINE THREONINE KINASE 11 GENE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS CANCER; TSC1 GENE; TSC2 GENE;

AMP-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; ANIMALS; CELL POLARITY; MALE; MICE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SERTOLI CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84867112902     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds272     Document Type: Article

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