Expression of functional leptin receptors in rodent Leydig cells

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 4939-4947

  Caprio, Massimiliano ^a   Isidori, Andrea M ^a   Carta, Anna R ^b   Moretti, Costanzo ^c   Dufau, Maria L ^d   Fabbri, Andrea ^a,e  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^e ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CYCLIC AMP; ISOPROTEIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE INHIBITION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033303696     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.11.7088     Document Type: Article

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