Inhibition of ghrelin signaling improves the reproductive phenotype of male ob/ob mouse

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 918-926

  Zhu, Chu Chao ^a   Zhang, Hua ^b   Zhang, Jin Shan ^a   Li, Zhen ^a   Zhao, Jie ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Zhang, Yuan Qiang ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

androgen; Ghrelin; GHS R1 ; leptin; ob ob mice

Indexed keywords

D GHRP; GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; HISTIDYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLALANYLTRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLLYSINAMIDE; HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEPTIN DEFICIENCY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; FERTILITY; GHRELIN; INFERTILITY, MALE; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, OBESE; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, GHRELIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84875225169     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.11.022     Document Type: Article

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