β-Catenin stabilization in gonadotropes impairs FSH synthesis in male mice in Vivo

Endocrinology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 323-333

  Boerboom, Derek ^b   Kumar, Vikas ^a,b   Boyer, Alexandre ^b   Wang, Ying ^a   Lambrot, Romain ^a   Zhou, Xiang ^a   Rico, Charlène ^b   Boehm, Ulrich ^c   Paquet, Marilène ^b   Céleste, Christophe ^b   Kimmins, Sarah ^a   Bernard, Daniel J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BETA CATENIN; FOLLISTATIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN B; CTNNB1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTNNB1 GENE; EXON; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; ORCHIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL LINE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICE; ORCHIECTOMY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84919741361     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2014-1296     Document Type: Article

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