Leydig cell re-generation and expression of cell signaling molecules in the germ cell-free testis

Reproduction

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 851-858

  O'Shaughnessy, P J ^a   Morris, I D ^b   Baker, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; BUSULFAN; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMESYLATE; HOMEOBOX PROTEIN ARX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NESTIN; NEUROFILAMENT M PROTEIN; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR 5A1; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR A; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; WNT5A PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; 3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; ANTISPERMATOGENIC AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BUSULFAN; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MESYLATES; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, LH; REGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ERINACEIDAE; RATTUS;

EID: 45249107787     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-07-0529     Document Type: Article

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