The gut microbiota and developmental programming of the testis in mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Al Asmakh, Maha ^a,b   Stukenborg, Jan Bernd ^a   Reda, Ahmed ^a   Anuar, Farhana ^a   Strand, Mona Lisa ^a   Hedin, Lars ^d   Pettersson, Sven ^a,c   Söder, Olle ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Qatar University   (Qatar)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d SIDRA MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; C57BL MOUSE; CELL ADHESION; FERTILITY; GERMFREE ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INBRED MOUSE STRAIN; MALE; MICROFLORA; PERMEABILITY; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; CELL ADHESION; FERTILITY; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROBIOTA; PERMEABILITY; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TESTIS;

EID: 84905966663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103809     Document Type: Article

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