Inhibin B as a Marker of Sertoli Cell Damage and Spermatogenic Disturbance in the Rat

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 91-103

  Pfaff, Tamara ^a   Rhodes, Jon ^b   Bergmann, Martin ^c   Weinbauer, Gerhard F ^d  

^a AiCuris GmbH   (Germany)

^b Bioanalytical Department   (United Kingdom)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology   (Germany)

Author keywords

biomarker; CASA; epididymis; sperm; spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; COMPOUND A; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; INHIBIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MATING; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; SEMINAL VESICLE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS WEIGHT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; INHIBINS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; REPRODUCTION; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84873415811     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: 15429741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.21046     Document Type: Article

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