Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 is a regulator of blood-testis barrier function

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 125, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 5677-5689

  Xiao, Xiang ^a   Yan Cheng, C ^a   Mruk, Dolores D ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood testis barrier; Intercellular adhesion molecule 1; Sertoli cell; Testis; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE 2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 2; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; OCCLUDIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE SRC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 84874452444     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.107987     Document Type: Article

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