Experimental varicocoele in rats affects mechanisms that control expression and function of the androgen receptor

Andrology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 670-681

  Soares, T S ^a   Fernandes, S A F ^a   Lima, M L ^a   Stumpp, T ^b   Schoorlemmer, G H ^c   Lazari, M F M ^a   Porto, C S ^a  

^a Department of Pharmacology   (Brazil)

^b Discipline of Developmental Biology   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Oestrogen receptors; Proteomics; Receptor for activated C kinase 1; Testis; Varicocoele

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ENOLASE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 30; INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATASE; MESSENGER RNA; PYROPHOSPHATASE 1; RECEPTOR FOR ACTIVATED C KINASE 1; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS; UPREGULATION; VARICOCELE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; OESTROGEN RECEPTORS; PROTEOMICS; RECEPTOR FOR ACTIVATED C KINASE 1; TESTIS; VARICOCOELE;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84883026281     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2013.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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