The regulation of spermatogenesis by androgens

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 2-13

  Smith, Lee B ^a   Walker, William H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood testis barrier; Fertility; Meiosis; Sertoli cell; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CAVEOLIN 1; CLAUDIN 11; CLAUDIN 3; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GELSOLIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; OCCLUDIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; RAB11 PROTEIN; STEROID RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL ADHESION; DNA REPAIR; EJACULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS CELL; TESTIS WEIGHT; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TESTIS;

MUS MUSCULUS;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84901637163     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.02.012     Document Type: Review

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