Coexpression of multiple Sertoli cell and Leydig cell marker genes in the spontaneous testicular tumor of F344 rat: Evidence for phenotypical bifurcation of the interstitial cell tumor

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 839-845

  Kondoh, Gen ^a   Yomogida, Kentaro ^a   Dohmae, Kayoko ^a   Nozawa, Masahiro ^b   Koga, Minoru ^b   Nonomura, Norio ^b   Miki, Tsuneharu ^b   Okuyama, Akihiko ^b   Nishimune, Yoshitake ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

F344 rat; Leydig cell; Sertoli cell; Testicular tumor; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CLUSTERIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFERRIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EOSINOPHIL; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEYDIG CELL; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS TUMOR;

EID: 0030657492     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1997.tb00459.x     Document Type: Article

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