Local regulation of macrophage subsets in the adult rat testis: Examination of the roles of the seminiferous tubules, testosterone, and macrophage-migration inhibitory factor

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 371-378

  Meinhardt, Andreas ^a,e   Bacher, Michael ^b   Metz, Christine ^b   Bucala, Richard ^b   Wreford, Nigel ^c   Lan, Hui ^d   Atkins, Robert ^d   Hedger, Mark ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PICOWER INST FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^e PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CRYPTORCHISM; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION-INHIBITORY FACTORS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031948132     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod59.2.371     Document Type: Article

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