Regulation of Sertoli Cell and Germ Cell Differentation

• Main Authors: Brehm, Ralph (Author), Steger, Klaus (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Beck, F. F. (Editor), Christ, B. (Editor), Clascá, F. (Editor), Haines, D. E. (Editor), Korf, H.-W (Editor), Kummer, W. (Editor), Marani, E. (Editor), Putz, R. (Editor), Sano, Y. (Editor), Schiebler, T.H (Editor), Zilles, K. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, 181
• Subjects: Medicine.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.

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Table of Contents:

• Spermatogenesis
• Organization of the seminiferous epithelium
• Synchronization of spermatogenesis
• Regulation of spermatogenesis
• The Sertoli cell
• Origin and maturation of the Sertoli cell
• Altered Sertoli cell differentiation in testicular disorders
• Differentiation markers of the Sertoli cell
• Sertoli cell intercellular communication
• Knockout and transgenic mouse models and mutations in man
• The differentiation of male germ cells
• The regulation of gene expression during prespermatogenesis
• The regulation of gene expression during spermatogenesis
• Idiopathic male infertility: impaired histone-to-protamine exchange?- Male infertility caused by incorrect transcriptional regulation
• Male infertility caused by incorrect translational regulation
• Male infertility caused by incorrect chromatin condensation
• Carcinoma-in-situ of the testis and testicular germ cell tumour: impaired intercellular communication due to altered Sertoli cell differentiation?- Carcinoma-in-situ of the testis and testicular germ cell tumour
• Sertoli cell differentiation in seminiferous tubules infiltrated with carcinoma-in-situ of the testis
• Role of gap junctional intercellular communication in carcinogenesis
• Role of gap junctional intercellular communication in the development of carcinoma-in-situ of the testis to testicular germ cell tumour
• References
• Subject index.