Hormonal control of Sertoli cell metabolism regulates spermatogenesis

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 777-793

  Alves, Marco G ^a   Rato, Luís ^a   Carvalho, Rui A ^b,c   Moreira, Paula I ^b,d   Socorro, Sílvia ^a   Oliveira, Pedro F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cell metabolism; Hormonal control; Metabolic modulation; Sertoli cells; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE; LACTIC ACID; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PYRUVIC ACID; THYROID HORMONE;

CELL DIVISION; CELL ENERGY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL SPECIFICITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GERM CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84873719667     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-1079-1     Document Type: Review

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