Immunohystochemical analysis of CFTR in normal and disrupted spermatogenesis

Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-59

  Teixeira, Sílvia ^a   Sá, Rosália ^a   Grangeia, Ana ^b   Silva, Joaquina ^a   Oliveira, Cristiano ^a   Ferráz, Luís ^c   Alves, Ângela ^a   Paiva, Sandra ^d   Barros, Alberto ^a,b   Sousa, Mário ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c Hospital de Vila Nova de Gaia   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

CBAVD; CFTR; Human spermatogenesis; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

AGENESIS; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL LABELING; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TYPE; CELL VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DIPLOIDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEPTOTENE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; OLIGOSPERMIA; PACHYTENE; PRIMARY OBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROGRADE EJACULATION; SECONDARY OBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SERTOLI CELL ONLY SYNDROME; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS BIOPSY; VAS DEFERENS; VAS DEFERENS AGENESIS; ZYGOTENE;

AZOOSPERMIA; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 84872547287     PISSN: 19396368     EISSN: 19396368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19396368.2012.718851     Document Type: Article

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