Actin binding proteins in blood-testis barrier function

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 238-247

  Li, Nan ^a   Mruk, Dolores D ^a   Cheng, C Yan ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

actin microfilaments; blood testis barrier; ectoplasmic specialization; seminiferous epithelial cycle; testis; tight junction

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 3; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR PATHWAY SUBSTRATE 8; EZRIN; F ACTIN; FASCIN 1; FILAMIN A; PALLADIN; RAI14 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TRANSPORT; DESMOSOME; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MALE INFERTILITY; REVIEW; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TIGHT JUNCTION; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; HUMANS; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84928545382     PISSN: 1752296X     EISSN: 17522978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MED.0000000000000155     Document Type: Review

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