Elevated expression of the sertoli cell androgen receptor disrupts male fertility

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 311, Issue 2, 2016, Pages E396-E404

  Hazra, Rasmani ^a   Upton, Dannielle ^a   Desai, Reena ^a   Noori, Omar ^a   Jimenez, Mark ^a   Handelsman, David J ^a   Allan, Charles M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Androgen; Sertoli cell; Spermatogenesis; Testis; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROSTANOLONE; BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; EPPIN PROTEIN, MOUSE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE INHIBITOR; N-PHENYL-N-(1-(PIPERIDINE-1-CARBONYL)CYCLOHEXYL)BENZAMIDE; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; RHOX5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPERTROPHY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETE TESTIS; TESTIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANDROSTANE-3,17-DIOL; ANIMALS; BENZAMIDES; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILITY; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PIPERIDINES; PROTEINASE INHIBITORY PROTEINS, SECRETORY; PROTEINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RETE TESTIS; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84983732372     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00159.2016     Document Type: Article

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