Temperature and germ cell regulation of Leydig cell proliferation stimulated by Sertoli cell-secreted mitogenic factor: A possible role in cryptorchidism

Andrologia

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 247-257

  Wu, N ^a,b   Murono, E P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Leydig Sertoli cell coculture; Mitogen; Proliferation; Steroidogenesis; Temperature

Indexed keywords

MITOGENIC AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CRYPTORCHISM; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029781199     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1996.tb02792.x     Document Type: Article

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