Expression of the oestrogen receptor GPER by testicular peritubular cells is linked to sexual maturation and male fertility

Andrology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 695-701

  Sandner, F ^a   Welter, H ^a   Schwarzer, J U ^b   Kohn F M ^c   Urbanski, H F ^d   Mayerhofer, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Andrologie Centrum Muenchen   (Germany)

^c Andrologicum Munich   (Germany)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Development; Infertility; Seminiferous tubules; Sex hormone receptor

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 30; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GPER PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHESUS MONKEY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTICULAR PERITUBULAR CELL; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS CELL; TIME-LAPSE VIDEO MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; FERTILITY; LEYDIG CELL; METABOLISM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LEYDIG CELLS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84906053288     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2014.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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