Distribution of vitamin D receptor and 1α-hydroxylase in male mouse reproductive tract

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 426-436

  Mahmoudi, Ahmad Reza ^a   Zarnani, Amir Hassan ^a,b   Jeddi Tehrani, Mahmood ^a   Katouzian, Leila ^a   Tavakoli, Maryam ^a   Soltanghoraei, Haleh ^a   Mirzadegan, Ebrahim ^a  

^a AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

1 hydroxylase; epididymis; mice; prostate; reproductive tract; testis; vitamin D receptor

Indexed keywords

I ALPHA HYDROXYLASE; OXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREPUTIAL GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMINAL VESICLE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON HEAD; STEREOCILIUM; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS;

25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D3 1-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; ANIMALS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PROSTATE; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; SEMINAL VESICLES; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 84875699345     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719112459235     Document Type: Article

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