Vasoactive intestinal peptide stimulates testosterone production by cultured fetal rat testicular cells

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 175-178

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Leydig cells; Testosterone; Vasoactive intestinal peptide

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; TESTOSTERONE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FETUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS CELL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RECEPTORS, VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; RECEPTORS, VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE, TYPE II; RECEPTORS, VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE, TYPE I; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0032565759     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(98)00047-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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