SOX8 regulates permeability of the blood-testes barrier that affects adult male fertility in the mouse

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Singh, Ajeet Pratap ^a   Cummings, Connie A ^b   Mishina, Yuji ^c   Archer, Trevor K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood testes barrier; Male fertility; Sertoli cell; SOX8; Testes; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; CLAUDIN 11; CLAUDIN 3; OCCLUDIN; TIGHT JUNCTION PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX8;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOOD-TESTES BARRIER; MALE FERTILITY; SERTOLI CELL; SOX8; TESTES; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; CLAUDINS; FERTILITY; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PERMEABILITY; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; SOXE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 84881009961     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.112.107284     Document Type: Article

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