Molecular mechanisms in spermatogenesis
By: edited by C. Yan Cheng.
Contributors: Cheng, C. Yan.
Series: Advances in experimental medicine and biology -- v. 638
Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media; Landes Bioscience
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York; Austin, Tex
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780387095967
Subjects: Spermatogenesis; Testis -- Molelcular aspects; Spermatogenesis -- physiology; Testis -- physiology; Tight Junctions -- physiology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Spermatogenesis and cycle of the seminiferous epithelium / Rex A. Hess and Luiz Renato de Franca; title: Testicular development and spermatogenesis : harvesting the postgenomics bounty / Antoine D. Rolland, Bernard Jogou and Charles Pineau; title: Estrogens and spermatogenesis / Chandrima Shaha; title: Selenium, a key element in spermatogenesis and male fertility / Carla Boitani and Rossella Puglisi; title: Extracellular matrix and its role in spermatogenesis / Michelle K.Y. Siu and C. Yan Cheng; title: Inflammatory networks in the control of spermatogenesis : chronic inflammation in an immunologically privileged tissue? / Moira K. O'Bryan and Mark P. Hedger; title: Transcription regulation in spermatogenesis / Wing-Yee Lui and C. Yan Cheng; title: Proteases and their cognate inhibitors of the serine and metalloprotease; title: Subclasses, in testicular physiology / Brigitte Le Magueresse-Battistoni; title: Antioxidant systems and oxidative stress in the testes / R. John Aitken and Shaun D. Roman; title: Nitric oxide and cyclic nucleotides : their roles in junction dynamics and spermatogenesis / Nikki P.Y. Lee and C. Yan Cheng; title: The sertoli cell cytoskeleton / A. Wayne Vogl, Kuljeet S. Vaid and Julian A. Guttman; title: Blood-testis barrier, junctional and transport proteins and spermatogenesis / Brian P. Setchell; title: Cross-talk between tight and anchoring junctions : lesson from the testis / Helen H.N. Yan ... [et al.]; title: The role of the leydig cell in spermatogenic function / Renshan Ge, Guorong Chen and Matthew P. Hardy.