Vasoactive intestinal peptide is an important endocrine regulatory factor of fetal rat testicular steroidogenesis

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1474-1480

  El Gehani, Faraj ^a   Tena Sempere, Manuel ^a   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE RECEPTOR;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECOND MESSENGER; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0031734578     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.4.5861     Document Type: Article

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