An essential role for insulin and IGF1 receptors in regulating sertoli cell proliferation, testis size, and FSH action in mice

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 814-827

  Pitetti, Jean Luc ^a   Calvel, Pierre ^a   Zimmermann, Céline ^a   Conne, Béatrice ^a   Papaioannou, Marilena D ^a   Aubry, Florence ^f   Cederroth, Christopher R ^a   Urner, Françoise ^d   Fumel, Betty ^e   Crausaz, Michel ^d   Docquier, Mylène ^b   Herrera, Pedro Luis ^a   Pralong, François ^c   Germond, Marc ^d   Guillou, Florian ^e   Jégou, Bernard ^f   Nef, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d Centre for Medically Assisted Procreation   (Switzerland)

^e UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GERM CELL; HORMONE ACTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS SIZE;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTATION; ORGAN SIZE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RECEPTOR, IGF TYPE 1; RECEPTOR, INSULIN; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; THYROID HORMONES;

MUS;

EID: 84876817169     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2012-1258     Document Type: Article

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