Differentiation of adult-type Leydig cells occurs in gonadotrophin-deficient mice

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Baker, P J ^a   Johnston, H ^a   Abel, Margaret ^b   Charlton, Harry M ^b   O'Shaughnessy, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult Leydig cells; LH; Testis GnRH null

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ESTROGEN SULFOTRANSFERASE; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROSTAGLANDIN D; 17BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 3; 17BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 3; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRONE SULFOTRANSFERASE; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ISOMERASE; LIPOCALIN; PROSTAGLANDIN R2 D ISOMERASE; PROSTAGLANDIN R2 D-ISOMERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SULFOTRANSFERASE;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONADOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; HORMONE ACTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; 3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; LEYDIG CELLS; LIPOCALINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SULFOTRANSFERASES;

EID: 4344620679     PISSN: 14777827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-1-4     Document Type: Article

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