Inhibition of testosterone production by propylthiouracil in rat Leydig cells

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 416-422

  Chiao, Yu Chung ^a   Cho, Wen Long ^a   Wang, Paulus S ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cyclic adenosine monophosphate; Leydig cells; Signal transduction; Testosterone; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FORSKOLIN; MESSENGER RNA; PREGNENOLONE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; THIOAMIDE; 25 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; 25-HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANTIMETABOLITE; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; STEROID; TRILOSTANE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HORMONE INHIBITION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RAT; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SEPARATION; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL SEPARATION; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; HYDROXYCHOLESTEROLS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PREGNENOLONE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROIDS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0035992829     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod67.2.416     Document Type: Article

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