Human leydig cells and sertoli cells are producers of interleukins-1 and-6

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1426-1433

  Cudicini, Corinne ^a,b   Lejeune, Hervé ^c   Gomez, Edith ^a   Bosmans, Eugène ^d   Ballet, François ^b   Saez, José ^c   Jégou, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b SANOFI   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d Eurogenetics   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LATEX; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS;

EID: 0030969130     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.82.5.3938     Document Type: Article

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