25-Hydroxycholesterol is produced by testicular macrophages during the early postnatal period and influences differentiation of leydig cells in vitro

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1336-1341

  Chen, Jau Jiin ^a   Lukyanenko, Yevgeniya ^a   Hutson, James C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Interstitial cells; Leydig cells; Puberty; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LEYDIG CELL; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036237015     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod66.5.1336     Document Type: Article

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