Purification and characterization of a lipophilic factor from testicular macrophages that stimulates testosterone production by Leydig cells

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 502-508

  Hutson, James C ^a   Garner, Charles W ^a   Doris, Peter A ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Leydig cell; macrophage; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; PRASTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; LEYDIG CELL; LIPOPHILICITY; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL EXTRACTS; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CULTURE MEDIA; LEYDIG CELLS; MACROPHAGES; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; RATS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0029824805     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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