The role of the c-kit receptor in the regenerative differentiation of rat Leydig cells

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-125

  Tsuchida, Junji ^a   Dohmae, Kayoko ^b   Kitamura, Yukihiko ^c   Nishimune, Yoshitake ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MUKOGAWA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

c kit; EDS; Leydig cell regeneration; Testis; Ws Ws mutant rat

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; TARGET ORGAN; WILD TYPE;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MESYLATES; MUTATION; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; REGENERATION; SEMINAL VESICLES; TESTIS;

EID: 12444339446     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.2003.00412.x     Document Type: Article

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