Different sites of action of arachidonic acid on steroidogenesis in rat Leydig cells

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 193-200

  Marinero, M J ^a   Colas, B ^a   Prieto, J C ^a   Lopez Ruiz M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

(Leydig cells); Arachidonic acid; cAMP; Forskolin; Pertussis toxin; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CYCLIC AMP; FORSKOLIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

EID: 0029960095     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-7207(96)03784-7     Document Type: Article

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