Altered testicular development as a consequence of increase number of sertoli cell in male lambs exposed prenatally to excess testosterone

Endocrine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 705-713

  Rojas García, Pedro P ^a   Recabarren, Mónica P ^a   Sir Petermann, Teresa ^b   Rey, Rodolfo ^c,d   Palma, Sergio ^a   Carrasco, Albert ^a   Perez Marin, Carlos C ^e   Padmanabhan, Vasantha ^f   Recabarren, Sergio E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental programing; Male reproduction; Ovine; Testes

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR GENE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTI MULLERIAN HORMONE GENE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE RECEPTOR GENE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA 1 GENE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA 3 GENE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA TYPE 1 RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 84877876298     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-012-9818-5     Document Type: Article

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