Prolonged histamine deficiency in histidine decarboxylase gene knockout mice affects Leydig cell function

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 86-91

  Mondillo, Carolina ^a,d   Falus, András ^b   Pignataro, Omar ^a,c   Pap, Erna ^b  

^a CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Human choriogonadotropin; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR; HISTIDINE DECARBOXYLASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTAMINE; HISTIDINE DECARBOXYLASE; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, HISTAMINE H1; RECEPTORS, HISTAMINE H2; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33846020925     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.106.000257     Document Type: Article

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