Sertoli cells are the target of environmental toxicants in the testis-a mechanistic and therapeutic insight

Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1073-1090

  Gao, Ying ^a   Mruk, Dolores D ^a   Cheng, C Yan ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental toxicant; Sertoli cells; spermatogenesis; testis

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; CADMIUM; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER D; PEPTIDE TRANSPORTER 1; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; POLLUTANT;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOSOME; GERM CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROFILAMENT; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; POLLUTANT; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATID; TARGET CELL; TESTIS; TESTIS INJURY; TIGHT JUNCTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RODENT; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; CYTOSKELETON; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; RODENTIA; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS;

EID: 84937130308     PISSN: 14728222     EISSN: 17447631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14728222.2015.1039513     Document Type: Review

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