Hepatocyte growth factor regulates ovarian theca-interstitial cell differentiation and androgen production

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 691-697

  Zachow, Rob J ^a,b,c   Weitsman, Stacy R ^a   Magoffin, Denis A ^a,b  

^a BURNS AND ALLEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTERONE; PROGESTERONE; SCATTER FACTOR;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; LEYDIG CELL; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0031054861     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.2.4950     Document Type: Article

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