Passage of leptin across the blood-testis barrier

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 276, Issue 6 39-6, 1999, Pages

  Banks, William A ^a,d   McLay, Robert N ^b   Kastin, Abba J ^b   Sarmiento, Ulla ^c   Scully, Sheila ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonad; OB protein; Obesity; Reproduction; Transport

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REPRODUCTION; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS FUNCTION;

EID: 0033063533     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1999.276.6.e1099     Document Type: Article

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