Human testicular peritubular cells: More than meets the eye

Reproduction

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Mayerhofer, Artur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALPONIN; CATALASE; COLLAGEN; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP KINASE I; DECORIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN 11; OSTEONECTIN; PEROXIREDOXIN 1; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TESTICULAR PERITUBULAR CELL; MAST CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; TESTIS CELL;

ANIMALS; DECORIN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTIS;

EID: 84877272330     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-12-0497     Document Type: Review

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