Dicer1 ablation in the mouse epididymis causes dedifferentiation of the epithelium and imbalance in sex steroid signaling

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Björkgren, Ida ^a   Saastamoinen, Lauri ^a   Krutskikh, Anton ^b   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo ^b   Poutanen, Matti ^a   Sipilä, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CRE RECOMBINASE; CYSTATIN; CYSTATIN 8; CYSTEINE RICH SECRETORY PROTEIN 1; DICER; DICER1; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE 5; LIPOCALIN; LIPOCALIN 5; LIPOCALIN 8; SECRETORY PROTEIN; SEX HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFB41 GENE; DICER1 GENE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; PUERPERIUM; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

EID: 84872750302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038457     Document Type: Article

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