Metformin and male reproduction: Effects on Sertoli cell metabolism

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1033-1042

  Alves, M G ^a   Martins, A D ^a   Vaz, C V ^a   Correia, S ^a   Moreira, P I ^b   Oliveira, P F ^a   Socorro, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

glycolysis; male reproductive function; metabolism; metformin; Sertoli

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; ALANINE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 3; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; METFORMIN; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GERM CELL; GLUCOSE INTAKE; GLUT1 GENE; GLUT3 GENE; LDH GENE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MCT4 GENE; NONHUMAN; PFK1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL;

GLYCOLYSIS; MALE REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION; METABOLISM; METFORMIN; SERTOLI;

ALANINE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 3; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; MALE; METFORMIN; MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID TRANSPORTERS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE-1; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS;

EID: 84893042451     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bph.12522     Document Type: Article

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