Diosgenin stimulates rat TM4 cell proliferation through activating plasma membrane translocation and transcriptional activity of estrogen receptors

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wu, Leitao ^a   Dong, Haijun ^a   Zhao, Jiao ^a   Wang, Yuzhen ^a   Yang, Qianqian ^a   Jia, Chengming ^a   Ma, Jing ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell cycle; Diosgenin; Estrogen receptors; Male reproductive tract; Sertoli cell proliferation; Testis

Indexed keywords

4 AMINO 7 TERT BUTYL 5 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)PYRAZOLO[3,4 D]PYRIMIDINE; CYCLIN B; CYCLIN D1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 2; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 6; CYCLIN E; DIOSGENIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FULVESTRANT; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN P27;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UPREGULATION;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DIOSGENIN; MALE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RATS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SERTOLI CELLS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84930364433     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.114.124206     Document Type: Article

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