Paracrine control of human Leydig cell and Sertoli cell functions

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 111-119

  Carreau, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

fertility; germ cells; Leydig cells; man; paracrine factor(s); Sertoli cells; steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CREATINE KINASE; ESTRADIOL; FERRITIN; FOLLITROPIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; INHIBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PARACRINE FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL FUNCTION; FERTILITY; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0029859305     PISSN: 00155586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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