Reviews of Reproduction
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS  
Reviews of Reproduction (2000) 5 53-61
© 2000 Society for Reproduction and Fertility
DOI: 10.1530/ror.0.0050053
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Rowlands, T.
Right arrow Articles by Blaschuk, O.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Rowlands, T.
Right arrow Articles by Blaschuk, O.

Articles

Cadherins: crucial regulators of structure and function in reproductive tissues

TM Rowlands, JM Symonds, R Farookhi, and OW Blaschuk

Cadherins are cell surface proteins that are directly involved in a wide variety of processes such as cell adhesion, cell sorting, cell survival, morphogenesis, formation of intercellular junctions, maintenance of tissue integrity and tumourigenesis. This review discusses the multiple functions of cadherins in reproductive tissues. Furthermore, the role of the intracellular signalling protein beta-catenin in regulating cadherin function is reviewed. Finally, the findings that cadherin concentrations in reproductive tissues are responsive to steroid hormones is discussed. The modulation of cadherin expression by hormones is in agreement with the hypothesis that these proteins are dynamically involved in the maintenance of structure and function in reproductive tissues.


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 ReproductionHome page
J J Peluso
N-cadherin mediated cell contact inhibits germinal vesicle breakdown in mouse oocytes maintained in vitro.
Reproduction, March 1, 2006; 131(3): 429 - 437.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Biol. Chem.Home page
Y. L. Pon, N. Auersperg, and A. S. T. Wong
Gonadotropins Regulate N-cadherin-mediated Human Ovarian Surface Epithelial Cell Survival at Both Post-translational and Transcriptional Levels through a Cyclic AMP/Protein Kinase A Pathway
J. Biol. Chem., April 15, 2005; 280(15): 15438 - 15448.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Endocr. Rev.Home page
D. D. Mruk and C. Y. Cheng
Sertoli-Sertoli and Sertoli-Germ Cell Interactions and Their Significance in Germ Cell Movement in the Seminiferous Epithelium during Spermatogenesis
Endocr. Rev., October 1, 2004; 25(5): 747 - 806.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Biol. Reprod.Home page
N. P.Y. Lee, D. Mruk, W. M. Lee, and C. Y. Cheng
Is the Cadherin/Catenin Complex a Functional Unit of Cell-Cell Actin-Based Adherens Junctions in the Rat Testis?
Biol Reprod, February 1, 2003; 68(2): 489 - 508.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J AndrolHome page
W.-Y. Lui, D. D. Mruk, W. M. Lee, and C. Y. Cheng
Adherens Junction Dynamics in the Testis and Spermatogenesis
J Androl, January 1, 2003; 24(1): 1 - 14.
[Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 EndocrinologyHome page
A. Ricken*, P. Lochhead, M. Kontogiannea, and R. Farookhi
Wnt Signaling in the Ovary: Identification and Compartmentalized Expression of wnt-2, wnt-2b, and Frizzled-4 mRNAs
Endocrinology, July 1, 2002; 143(7): 2741 - 2749.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS  
Copyright © 2000 by the Society for Reproduction and Fertility.