The type 3 deiodinase is a critical determinant of appropriate thyroid hormone action in the developing testis

Endocrinology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1276-1288

  Martinez, M Elena ^a   Karaczyn, Aldona ^a   Stohn, J Patrizia ^a   Donnelly, William T ^b   Croteau, Walburga ^c   Peeters, Robin P ^d,e   Galton, Valerie A ^b   Forrest, Douglas ^e   Germain, Donald ST ^a   Hernandez, Arturo ^a  

^a Maine Medical Center Research Institute   (United States)

^b Department of Physiology and Neurobiology ^*  (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER 8; OXIDOREDUCTASE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA; TYPE 3 DEIODINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IODOTHYRONINE DEIODINASE TYPE II; IODOTHYRONINE DEIODINASE TYPE III; MESSENGER RNA; SLC16A2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; THYROXINE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS SIZE; THYROTOXICOSIS; ANIMAL; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; HYPOGONADISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTORS ALPHA; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROXINE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84960510923     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2015-1910     Document Type: Article

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