Pituitary-dependent expression of the testicular angiotensin II receptor and its subtypes in rats

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 177-185

  Hirai, K ^a   Song, K ^a   Kanehara, H ^a   Shiota, N ^a   Ueda, H ^a   Kim, S ^b   Miyazaki, H ^c   Katsuoka, Y ^a   Miyazaki, M ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II receptor; Hypophysectomy; In vitro autoradiography; Receptor subtypes; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; LOSARTAN; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 2; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS;

EID: 0031660864     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.1998.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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