Evidence that heparin binding autocrine factors modulate testosterone production by the adult rat Leydig cell

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 57-63

  McFarlane, James R ^a   Laslett, Andrew ^a   De Kretser, David M ^a   Risbridger, Gail P ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leydig cell; Paracrine autocrine regulation; Proteoglycans; Steroidogenesis; Testis (rat testis)

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; PROTAMINE SULFATE; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE; SODIUM CHLORATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0029939232     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-7207(96)03766-5     Document Type: Article

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