A switch in sertoli cell responsiveness to FSH may be responsible for robust onset of germ cell differentiation during prepubartal testicular maturation in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 303, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Bhattacharya, Indrashis ^a   Pradhan, Bhola Shankar ^a   Sarda, Kanchan ^a   Gautam, Mukesh ^a   Basu, Sayon ^a   Majumdar, Subeer S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Follicle stimulating hormone receptor; Infertility; Sertoli cells; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CHOLERA TOXIN; CYCLIC AMP; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; FORSKOLIN; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; STEM CELL FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; MALE; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLERA TOXIN; CYCLIC AMP; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FORSKOLIN; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, FSH; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEM CELL FACTOR; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84867158344     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00293.2012     Document Type: Article

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