Growth hormone directly stimulates testosterone and oestradiol secretion by rat Leydig cells in vitro and modulates the effects of LH and T3

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 111-118

  Maran, Rengasamy R Mani ^a,b   Sivakumar, Ramadoss ^a   Ravisankar, Bhaskaran ^a   Valli, Gunam ^a   Ravichandran, Kumarasamy ^a   Arunakaran, Jagadeesan ^a   Aruldhas, Maria M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Growth hormone; Leydig cells; Luteinizing hormone; Oestradiol; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GROWTH HORMONE; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DOSE RESPONSE; HORMONAL REGULATION; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT; SHEEP; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0034044233     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.47.111     Document Type: Article

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