Search Results - "WONG, Ching Hang"
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The Blood‐Testis Barrier: Its Biology, Regulation, and Physiological Role in Spermatogenesis
Published in Current Topics in Developmental Biology (2005)“…The blood‐testis barrier (BTB) in mammals, such as rats, is composed of the tight junction (TJ), the basal ectoplasmic specialization (basal ES), the basal…”
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A male contraceptive targeting germ cell adhesion
Published in Nature medicine (01-11-2006)“…Throughout spermatogenesis, developing germ cells remain attached to Sertoli cells via testis-specific anchoring junctions. If adhesion between these cell…”
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Regulation of blood-testis barrier dynamics: an in vivo study
Published in Journal of cell science (15-02-2004)“…An in vivo model was used to investigate the regulation of tight junction (TJ) dynamics in the testis when adult rats were treated with CdCl(2). It was shown…”
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Sertoli-Germ Cell Anchoring Junction Dynamics in the Testis Are Regulated by an Interplay of Lipid and Protein Kinases
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (01-07-2005)“…When Sertoli and germ cells were co-cultured in vitro in serum-free chemically defined medium, functional anchoring junctions such as cell-cell intermediate…”
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TGF-β3 Regulates the Blood-Testis Barrier Dynamics via the p38 Mitogen Activated Protein (MAP) Kinase Pathway: An in Vivo Study
Published in Endocrinology (Philadelphia) (01-04-2003)“…Recent studies using Sertoli cells cultured in vitro to permit tight junction (TJ) assembly have shown that TJ dynamics are regulated, at least in part, by…”
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The Transmembrane src Substrate Trask Is an Epithelial Protein that Signals during Anchorage Deprivation
Published in The American journal of pathology (01-05-2009)“…The roles of epithelial cells encompass both cellular- and tissue-level functions that involve numerous cell–cell and cell–matrix interactions, which…”
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Blood-Testis Barrier Dynamics Are Regulated by α2-Macroglobulin via the c-Jun N-Terminal Protein Kinase Pathway
Published in Endocrinology (Philadelphia) (01-04-2005)“…The blood-testis barrier (BTB), in contrast to the blood-brain and blood-retina barriers, is composed of coexisting tight junctions, gap junctions, and basal…”
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Regulation of Ectoplasmic Specialization Dynamics in the Seminiferous Epithelium by Focal Adhesion-Associated Proteins in Testosterone-Suppressed Rat Testes
Published in Endocrinology (Philadelphia) (01-03-2005)“…Apical ectoplasmic specialization (ES) is a unique testis-specific cell-cell actin-based adherens junction type restricted to the…”
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Regulation of Sertoli-Germ Cell Adherens Junction Dynamics via Changes in Protein-Protein Interactions of the N-Cadherin-β-Catenin Protein Complex which Are Possibly Mediated by c-Src and Myotubularin-Related Protein 2: An in Vivo Study Using an Androgen Suppression Model
Published in Endocrinology (Philadelphia) (01-03-2005)“…Using a well characterized model of cell-cell actin-based adherens junction (AJ) disruption by suppressing the intratesticular testosterone level in adult rats…”
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Improved tumor vascular function following high-dose epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy
Published in Journal of magnetic resonance imaging (01-12-2007)“…Purpose To determine if inhibitors of the human growth factor receptor (HER) family can be used to enhance tumor vascular permeability and perfusion and…”
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Mitogen-activated protein kinases, adherens junction dynamics, and spermatogenesis: A review of recent data
Published in Developmental biology (01-10-2005)“…Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are important regulators of many cellular processes. In mammalian testes, these kinases are involved in controlling…”
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Trask Loss Enhances Tumorigenic Growth by Liberating Integrin Signaling and Growth Factor Receptor Cross-Talk in Unanchored Cells
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (01-02-2013)“…The cell surface glycoprotein Trask/CDCP1 is phosphorylated during anchorage loss in epithelial cells in which it inhibits integrin clustering, outside-in…”
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Phosphorylation of Trask by Src Kinases Inhibits Integrin Clustering and Functions in Exclusion with Focal Adhesion Signaling
Published in Molecular and Cellular Biology (01-02-2011)“…Article Usage Stats Services MCB Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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Phosphorylation of the src Epithelial Substrate Trask Is Tightly Regulated in Normal Epithelia but Widespread in Many Human Epithelial Cancers
Published in Clinical cancer research (01-04-2009)“…Purpose: The frequently elevated activities of the c-src and c-yes products in human epithelial tumors suggest that these activated tyrosine kinases have…”
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The structural features of Trask that mediate its anti-adhesive functions
Published in PloS one (29-04-2011)“…Trask/CDCP1 is a transmembrane protein with a large extracellular and small intracellular domains. The intracellular domain (ICD) undergoes tyrosine…”
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AF-2364 [1-(2,4-dichlorobenzyl)-1H-indazole-3-carbohydrazide] is a potential male contraceptive: a review of recent data
Published in Contraception (Stoneham) (01-10-2005)“…Earlier studies have shown that 1-(2,4-dichlorobenzyl)-1H-indazole-3-carbohydrazide (AF-2364) is a potential male contraceptive when administered orally to…”
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Targeted and reversible disruption of the blood-testis barrier by an FSH mutant-occludin peptide conjugate
Published in The FASEB journal (01-02-2007)“…The blood-testis barrier (BTB) is one of the tightest blood-tissue barriers in mammals. As such, it poses a challenge to deliver any drugs to the seminiferous…”
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Regulation of sertoli-germ cell adherens junction dynamics in the testis via the nitric oxide synthase (NOS)/cGMP/protein kinase G (PRKG)/β-catenin (CATNB) signaling pathway : An in vitro and in vivo study
Published in Biology of reproduction (01-09-2005)“…During spermatogenesis, extensive restructuring of cell junctions takes place in the seminiferous epithelium to facilitate germ cell movement. However, the…”
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Dynamin II interacts with the cadherin- and occludin-based protein complexes at the blood–testis barrier in adult rat testes
Published in Journal of endocrinology (01-12-2006)“…In adult rat testes, blood–testis barrier (BTB) restructuring facilitates the migration of preleptotene spermatocytes from the basal to the adluminal…”
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The β1-integrin-p-FAK-p130Cas-DOCK180-RhoA-vinculin is a novel regulatory protein complex at the apical ectoplasmic specialization in adult rat testes
Published in Spermatogenesis (01-01-2011)“…During spermatogenesis, step 1 spermatids (round spermatids) derive from spermatocytes following meiosis I and II at stage XIV of the epithelial cycle begin a…”
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