Identification of IL-6 as one of the important cytokines responsible for the ability of mononuclear cells to stimulate Sertoli cell functions

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 149-160

  Hoeben, Eef ^a   Wuyts, Anja ^b   Proost, Paul ^b   Van Damme, Jo ^b   Verhoeven, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cGMP; Cytokines; Interleukin 6; Rat testis; Sertoli cell; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; SILICIC ACID; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SERTOLI CELL; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 0030931403     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(97)00132-9     Document Type: Article

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