Effects of thyroid hormones on Leydig cells in the postnatal testis

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 985-997

  Mendis Handagama, S M L Chamindrani ^a   Ariyaratne, H B S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Aging; Leydig cells; Leydig progenitor cells; Stem cell differentiation; Steroidogenesis; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; MESSENGER RNA; PROTIRELIN; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; GENE ACTIVATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LEYDIG CELL; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; TISSUE METABOLISM;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; STEM CELLS; STEROIDS; TESTIS; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 3042745043     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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