Role of testicular interstitial macrophages in regulating testosterone release in hyperprolactinemia

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 766-773

  Huang, William J ^a,b   Yeh, Jiun Yih ^a   Kan, Shu Fen ^a   Chang, Luke S ^a,b   Wang, Paulus S ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Estosterone; Hyperprolactinemia; Leydig cells; Macrophage; Prolactin; TIC; TNF

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; INCUBATION TIME; KIDNEY CAPSULE; KIDNEY CORTEX; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CULTURE MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; LEYDIG CELLS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037371393     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.10412     Document Type: Article

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