TGF‐βs: their role in testicular function and Sertoli cell tight junction dynamics
Open Access
- 20 May 2003
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Andrology
- Vol. 26 (3) , 147-160
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2605.2003.00410.x
Abstract
Transforming growth factor‐βs (TGF‐βs) are known to regulate multiple physiological functions in the testis, which include spermatogenesis, Leydig cell steroidogenesis, extracellular matrix synthesis...Keywords
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