Vitamin a deprivation affects the progression of the spermatogenic wave and initial formation of the blood-testis barrier, resulting in irreversible testicular degeneration in mice

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 525-535

  Chihara, Masataka ^a   Otsuka, Saori ^a   Ichii, Osamu ^a   Kon, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood testis barrier; Spermatogenesis; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; C57BL MOUSE; CALCINOSIS; CELL VACUOLE; DIET; DISEASE MODEL; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; METAPLASIA; MOUSE; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; CALCINOSIS; DIET; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; METAPLASIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORGAN SIZE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS; TRETINOIN; VACUOLES; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84890451599     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2013-058     Document Type: Article

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