Nitric oxide/cGMP pathway components in the Leydig cells of the human testis

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 161-170

  Davidoff, M S ^a   Middendorff, R ^a   Mayer, B ^b   DeVente, J ^d   Koesling, D ^c   Holstein, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Human; Immunocytochemistry; Leydig cells; NO cGMP pathway; RIA; Testis

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; TESTIS;

EID: 0031031258     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050742     Document Type: Article

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