Leptin inhibits basal but not gonadotrophin-stimulated testosterone production in the immature mouse and sheep testis

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 519-528

  Herrid, Muren ^a,b   Xia, Yin ^a,c   O'Shea, Tim ^a   McFarlane, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Postnatal development

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; IMMATURITY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SHEEP; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOWN-REGULATION; GONADOTROPINS; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SHEEP; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

MUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 42149151009     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD07062     Document Type: Article

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