Environmental toxicants perturb human Sertoli cell adhesive function via changes in F-actin organization mediated by actin regulatory proteins

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1279-1291

  Xiao, Xiang ^a,b   Mruk, Dolores D ^a   Tang, Elizabeth I ^a   Wong, Chris K C ^c   Lee, Will M ^d   John, Constance M ^e   Turek, Paul J ^e,f   Silvestrini, Bruno ^g   Cheng, C Yan ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e MandalMed   (United States)

^f Turek Clinic   (United States)

^g SBM Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion protein; F actin; Human sertoli cell; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BETA CATENIN; CADMIUM; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; F ACTIN; LIPOCORTIN 2; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; ACTIN REGULATORY PROTEIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 3; ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTIN; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DYNAMICS; ENDOSOME; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE SRC; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERM; TIGHT JUNCTION; ACTIN FILAMENT; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CYTOSKELETON; EPITHELIUM; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SERUM; YOUNG ADULT; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PHARMACOLOGY; POLLUTANT;

BOVINAE; RODENTIA;

ACTINS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOLS; SERTOLI CELLS;

EID: 84900812662     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu011     Document Type: Article

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