Identification of the lipophilic factor produced by macrophages that stimulates steroidogenesis

Endocrinology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 953-958

  Nes, W David ^a   Lukyanenko, Yevgeniya O ^b   Jia, Zhong Hua ^a   Quideau, Stéphane ^c   Howald, William N ^d   Pratum, Thomas K ^d   West, Robert R ^e   Hutson, James C ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e ZYMOGENETICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; ETHER; LIPID; LIPOPHILIC FACTOR; MACROPHAGE DERIVED FACTOR; SILICON DIOXIDE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FERTILITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEYDIG CELL; LIPOPHILICITY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

EID: 0034463053     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.141.3.7350     Document Type: Article

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