Inhibitory effects of TNFα on mouse tumor Leydig cells: Possible role of ceramide in the mechanism of action

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 39-46

  Budnik, Lygia T ^a   Jähner, Detlev ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Amal K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ceramide; Leydig cells; MA 10 cells; Mouse testis; StAR protein; Steroidogenesis; TNF

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; CERAMIDE; CHOLESTEROL; PROGESTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; LEYDIG CELL; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CERAMIDES; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0033602656     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(99)00029-5     Document Type: Article

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