Leydig cells secrete factors which increase vascular permeability and endothelial proliferation

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 221-228

  Collin, O ^a   Bergh, A ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; BrdU; Colloidal carbon; Leydig cell; PMN leukocytes; Rat; Testis; Vascular permeability; VEGF

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DNA FRAGMENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMESYLATE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SECRETION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CAPSULE; LEYDIG CELL; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; STAINING; TESTIS CELL;

EID: 0029911280     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.1996.tb00466.x     Document Type: Article

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