Nutrition affects Sertoli cell function but not Sertoli cell numbers in sexually mature male sheep

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1152-1163

  Guan, Yongjuan ^a   Liang, Guanxiang ^b   Hawken, Penny A R ^a   Meachem, Sarah J ^c   Malecki, Irek A ^a,d   Ham, Seungmin ^c,e   Stewart, Tom ^a   Guan, Le Luo ^b   Martin, Graeme B ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Sertoli cell activity; Sertoli cell differentiation; Sertoli cell proliferation; spermatogenesis; testis morphometry; tight junction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIET THERAPY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; SERTOLI CELL; SHEEP; SPERMATOGENESIS; TIGHT JUNCTION;

EID: 84975246142     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD14368     Document Type: Conference Paper

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