Testosterone stimulates growth and secretory activity of the female prostate in the adult gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus)

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 370-379

  Santos, Fernanda C A ^a   Leite, Rodrigo P ^a   Custódio, Ana M G ^a   Carvalho, Karina P ^b   Monteiro Leal, Luiz H ^b   Santos, Adriana B ^c   Góes, Rejane M ^c   Carvalho, Hernandes F ^a   Taboga, Sebastião R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Female reproductive tract; Ovary; Prostate; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE CIPIONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SECRETION; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPLASIA; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEMALE PROSTATE; GERBIL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERANDROGENISM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN GROWTH; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; OVARY HYPERTROPHY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PARAURETHRAL DUCT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; STROMAL CELLS; TESTOSTERONE; URETHRA;

GERBILLINAE; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

EID: 33747128063     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.106.051789     Document Type: Article

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