Expression of leptin and leptin receptor in the testis of fertile and infertile patients

Andrologia

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-27

  Ishikawa, T ^a   Fujioka, H ^a   Ishimura, T ^a   Takenaka, A ^a   Fujisawa, M ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leptin; Leptin receptor; Male infertility; Spermatogenesis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL COUNT; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GERM CELL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIUM; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SERTOLI CELL ONLY SYNDROME; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNDROME; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VARICOCELE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LEPTIN; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOSPERMIA; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 33846001719     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2006.00754.x     Document Type: Article

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