Vitamin D is an important factor in estrogen biosynthesis of both female and male gonads

Endocrinology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1317-1324

  Kinuta, K ^a   Tanaka, H ^a   Moriwake, T ^a   Aya, K ^a   Kato, S ^a   Seino, Y ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CALCIUM; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPERGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0034456885     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.141.4.7403     Document Type: Article

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