Nitric oxide inhibits leydig cell steroidogenesis

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 5337-5343

  Del Punta, Karina ^a   Charreau, Eduardo H ^a   Pignataro, Omar P ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; CYTOCHROME P450; DIETHYLAMINE; DIETHYLENETRIAMINE; HEMOPROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; PREGNENOLONE; STEROID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SECOND MESSENGER; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0030459714     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.12.8940355     Document Type: Article

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