The testis as a major source of circulating inhibins in the male equine fetus during the second half of gestation

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 229-236

  Herath, Chandana B ^a   Shinbo, Hiromi ^a   Taniyama, Hiroyuki ^b   Tsunoda, Nobuo ^c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Shadai Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fetal tests; Horse; Inhibin A; Inhibin pro C; Interstitial cells; Sertoli cells

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; DIMER; INHIBIN A; INHIBIN B; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORSE; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FETAL BLOOD; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBINS; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; TESTIS;

EID: 0036178188     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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