Human fetal testis: Second trimester proliferative and steroidogenic capacities

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 4812-4817

  Murray, Tessa J ^a,b   Fowler, Paul A ^b   Abramovich, David R ^b   Haites, Neva ^b   Lea, Richard G ^a,b  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CYCLINE; CYTOCHROME P450; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SERTOLI CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ADULT; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, BCL-2; GENES, MYC; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; STEROIDS; TESTIS; TISSUE FIXATION;

MYOIDEA;

EID: 0034488471     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.85.12.4812     Document Type: Article

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