Expression of insulin-like peptide 3 in the postnatal rat Leydig cell lineage: Timing and effects of triiodothyronine-treatment

Reproduction

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 479-485

  Mendis Handagama, S M L C ^a   Ariyaratne, H B S ^a,b   Mrkonjich, L ^a   Ivell, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; RELAXIN LIKE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FETUS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTIS DESCENT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CRYPTORCHIDISM; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MESODERM; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

RATTUS;

EID: 33847683477     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-06-0238     Document Type: Article

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