Transforming growth factor-α stimulates Sertoli cell proliferation in vitro

Andrologia

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 62-63

  Petersen, Cecilia ^a,c   Froysa B ^a   Boitani, C ^b   Soder O ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; VITAL STAIN;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; DNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; MALE; RATS; SERTOLI CELLS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

EID: 0033960897     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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