Luteinizing hormone-dependent activity and luteinizing hormone-independent differentiation of rat fetal Leydig cells

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 193-202

  Migrenne, Stéphanie ^a   Pairault, Catherine ^a   Racine, Chrystèle ^a   Livera, Gabrie ^a   Géloso, Annette ^a   Habert, René ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Fetus; Leydig cell; LH; Masculinization; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECAPITATION; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYPOPHYSIS; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; LEYDIG CELLS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; WOLFFIAN DUCT;

EID: 0035857441     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(00)00339-7     Document Type: Article

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