Cholesterol-enriched diet disrupts the blood-testis barrier in rabbits

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 307, Issue 12, 2014, Pages E1125-E1130

  Morgan, Daniel H ^a   Ghribi, Othman ^a   Hui, Liang ^a   Geiger, Jonathan D ^a   Chen, Xuesong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN ZO1; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOSOME; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNALIZATION; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; TISSUE LEVEL; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANIMAL; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; DRUG EFFECTS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LIPID DIET; METABOLISM; RABBIT; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DIET, HIGH-FAT; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; RABBITS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 84918824143     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00416.2014     Document Type: Article

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