Leptin and leptin receptors in the prostate and seminal vesicles of the adult rat

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 615-618

  Malendowicz, Witold ^a   Rucinski, Marcin ^a   Macchi, Carlo ^b   Spinazzi, Raffaella ^b   Ziolkowska, Agnieszka ^a   Nussdorfer, Gastone G ^b   Kwias, Zbigniew ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Leptin; Leptin receptors; Prostate; Rat; Seminal vesicles

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; ISOPROTEIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; PROSTATE; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINAL VESICLE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEPTIN; MALE; PROSTATE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMINAL VESICLES;

EID: 39049179441     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.18.4.615     Document Type: Article

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