Transforming growth factor β1 inhibits steroidogenesis in dispersed fetal testicular cells in culture

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-30

  Gautier, Carole ^a,b   Levacher, Christine ^a,b   Saez, Jose Maria ^a,b   Habert, Rene ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DEBROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

Fetal testis; Leydig cell; Steroidogenesis; Transforming growth factor 1

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CYCLIC AMP; CYTOCHROME P450; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID 17,20 LYASE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC AMP; FEMALE; FETUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; STEROIDS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0030878553     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(97)00087-7     Document Type: Article

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