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Cryptorchidism in the orl rat is associated with muscle patterning defects in the fetal gubernaculum and altered hormonal signaling.
Biology of reproduction - 1 Aug 2014
Barthold Julia S, Robbins Alan, Wang Yanping, Pugarelli Joan, Mateson Abigail, Anand-Ivell Ravinder, Ivell Richard, McCahan Suzanne M, Akins Robert E
Abstract excerpt
Cryptorchidism, or undescended testis, is a common male genital anomaly of unclear etiology. Hormonal stimulation of the developing fetal gubernaculum by testicular androgens and insulin-like 3 (INSL3) is required for testicular descent. In studies of the orl fetal rat, one of several reported strains with inherited cryptorchidism, we studied hormone levels, gene expression in intact and hormone-stimulated...
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