Key factors in the regulation of fetal and postnatal leydig cell development

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 429-433

  Wu, Xiufeng ^a   Wan, Shengqin ^a   Lee, Mary M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UMMHC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOKINE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH FACTOR; HORMONE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; FETUS CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; MICROTUBULE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SHORT SURVEY; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANDROGENS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FETUS; HORMONES; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE;

EID: 34848888664     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21231     Document Type: Short Survey

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