Wt1 dictates the fate of fetal and adult leydig cells during development in the mouse testis

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 307, Issue 12, 2014, Pages E1131-E1143

  Wen, Qing ^a,b   Zheng, Qiao Song ^a,b   Li, Xi Xia ^a   Hu, Zhao Yuan ^b   Gao, Fei ^a,b   Cheng, C Yan ^c   Liu, Yi Xun ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 1; 17BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 3; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 6; SULFOTRANSFERASE; SULFOTRANSFERASE 1E1; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; WT1 PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS CELL; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; WT1 PROTEINS;

EID: 84918828299     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00425.2014     Document Type: Article

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