Changes in mouse Leydig cells ultrastructure and testosterone secretion after diethylcarbamazine administration

Micron

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 580-586

  Saraiva, Karina Lidianne Alcântara ^a   Silva Jr , Valdemiro Amaro Da ^b   Torres, Dilênia De Oliveira Cipriano ^c   Donato, Mariana Aragão Matos ^a   Peres, Newton Gil ^a   Souza, José Roberto Botelho De ^d   Peixoto, Christina Alves ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diethylcarbamazine; Leydig cells; Steroidogenesis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; DROP FORMATION; DROPS; DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG DOSAGE; DRUG THERAPY; FLUID MECHANICS; LIPIDS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT;

AFTER-TREATMENT; DRUG CONCENTRATIONS; ELSEVIER (CO); ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM (EI); LEYDIG CELLS; LIPID DROPLETS; MORPHOLOGICAL EFFECTS; SERUM TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE (T); VERTEBRATE CELLS;

CELLS;

ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; LIPID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; PREGNANCY; SECRETION; TESTIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FILARICIDES; LEYDIG CELLS; LIPIDS; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PREGNANCY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

MUS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 44849134495     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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