Effect of glutathione depletion on Leydig cell steroidogenesis in young and old Brown Norway rats

Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2612-2619

  Chen, Haolin ^a   Pechenino, Angela S ^a   Liu, June ^a   Beattie, Matthew C ^a   Brown, Terry R ^a   Zirkin, Barry R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1,2 DITHIOLE 3 THIONE DERIVATIVE; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CYCLIC AMP; CYTOCHROME P450C17; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE ETHYL ESTER; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; N TERT BUTYL ALPHA PHENYLNITRONE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; TROLOX C;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHOLESTEROL SIDE CHAIN CLEAVAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; GLUTATHIONE; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; STEROIDS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 42449098527     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-1245     Document Type: Article

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