Melatonin alters the glycolytic profile of Sertoli cells: Implications for male fertility

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1067-1076

  Rocha, Cátia S ^a   Martins, Ana D ^a   Rato, Luís ^a   Silva, Branca M ^a   Oliveira, Pedro F ^a   Alves, Marco G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Glycolysis; Male reproductive function; Melatonin; Metabolism; Sertoli

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; ACETIC ACID; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 3; INSULIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; MELATONIN; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER 4; GLUCOSE; SLC2A1 PROTEIN, RAT; SLC2A3 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE INTAKE; GLYCOLYSIS; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 3; GLYCOLYSIS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INSULIN; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MELATONIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE-1; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SERTOLI CELLS;

EID: 84913591323     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gau080     Document Type: Article

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