In vivo administration of doxazosin in rats highly decreases serum circulating levels of testosterone through a mechanism involving the testicular renin-angiotensin system

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 364-370

  De La Chica Rodriguez S ^a   Cortes Denia P ^a   Ramirez Exposito M J ^a   Arias De Saavedra, J M ^b   Sanchez Agesta R ^b   Del Carmen Perez M ^b   Martinez Martos J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b Hospital Materno Infantil   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adrenergic receptors; Aminopeptidase A; Aminopeptidase B; Aminopeptidase N; Steroidogenesis; Testicular renin angiotensin system; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; AMINOPEPTIDASE B; ANDROGEN; ANGIOTENSIN II; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CATECHOLAMINE; DOXAZOSIN; GLUTAMYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; GONADOTROPIN; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; AMINOPEPTIDASES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD13; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DOWN-REGULATION; DOXAZOSIN; GLUTAMYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 43249091313     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2007.00771.x     Document Type: Article

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