Regulation of Leydig cells through a steroidogenic acute regulatory protein-independent pathway by a lipophilic factor from macrophages

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 267-275

  Lukyanenko, Y O ^a   Carpenter, A M ^a   Brigham, D E ^a   Stocco, D M ^a   Hutson, J C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL SIDE CHAIN CLEAVAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; LEYDIG CELL; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; ANIMALS; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; CELL LINE; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; LEYDIG CELLS; MACROPHAGES; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031854581     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1580267     Document Type: Article

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