Hyperleptinemia directly affects testicular maturation at different sexual stages in mice, and suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 is involved in this process

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Yuan, Miao ^a   Huang, Guizhen ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Li, Fei ^a   Li, Kai ^a   Gao, Bo ^a   Zeng, Li ^a   Shan, Wei ^a   Lin, Ping ^a   Huang, Lugang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Leptin; MSG; pSTAT3; SOCS3; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE SODIUM; LEPTIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HYPERLEPTINEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERM; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTICULAR MATURATION; TESTIS; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LEPTIN; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM GLUTAMATE; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING PROTEINS; TESTIS;

EID: 84897391881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-12-15     Document Type: Article

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