FSH does not directly influence testicular macrophages

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 420-427

  Carpenter, Anne M ^a   Lukyanenko, Yevgeniya O ^a   Lee, Vaughan H ^a   Hutson, James C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Leydig cells; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL ISOLATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BINDING; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEYDIG CELL; MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYCLIC AMP; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEYDIG CELLS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, FSH; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031658727     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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