Interactions between testicular macrophages and Leydig cells

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 394-398

  Hutson, James C ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HORMONE RELEASE; LEYDIG CELL; MACROPHAGE; MITOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHORT SURVEY; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELLS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; STEROIDS; TESTIS;

EID: 0031688693     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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