Effect of extracellular matrix proteins on in vitro testosterone production by rat Leydig cells

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 493-503

  Diaz, Emilce S ^a   Pellizzari, Eliana ^b   Meroni, Silvina ^b   Cigorraga, Selva ^b   Lustig, Livia ^a   Denduchis, Berta ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fibronectin; Integrins; Laminin 1; Steroidogenesis; Testis; Type IV collagen

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTEGRIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; FIBRONECTIN; INTEGRIN; LAMININ 1; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SCLEROPROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SPREADING; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IN VITRO STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0036190149     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10111     Document Type: Article

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