Characterization of primary cultures of adult human epididymis epithelial cells

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 647-654.e1

  Leir, Shih Hsing ^a   Browne, James A ^a   Eggener, Scott E ^b   Harris, Ann ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cauda; corpus; Epididymis epithelial cell culture: caput

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CLUSTERIN; CYSTEINE RICH PROTEIN 61; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; CYTOKERATIN 8; MESSENGER RNA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CLU PROTEIN, HUMAN; CRISP1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; KRT8 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LEVEL; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS CANCER; WESTERN BLOTTING; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL POLARITY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL POLARITY; CELLS, CULTURED; CLUSTERIN; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; KERATIN-8; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961291524     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.11.022     Document Type: Article

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