Role for endogenous estrogen in prepubertal Sertoli cell maturation

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 135, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 106-112

  Kao, Eddy ^a   Villalon, Rosalina ^a   Ribeiro, Salustiano ^a   Berger, Trish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Differentiation; Pig; Sertoli cell; Sperm production

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1B; ESTROGEN; LETROZOLE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; NITRILE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SERTOLI CELL; SWINE; TESTIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P27; ESTROGENS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NITRILES; SERTOLI CELLS; SWINE; TESTIS; TRIAZOLES;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 84869082147     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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