Seasonal expression of INSL3 and Lgr8/Insl3 receptor transcripts indicates variable differentiation of Leydig cells in the roe deer testis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1079-1087

  Hombach Klonisch, Sabine ^a,c   Schön, Jennifer ^a   Kehlen, Astrid ^a   Blottner, Steffen ^b   Klonisch, Thomas ^a,c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

INSL3; Leydig cells; Lgr8; Male reproductive tract; Relaxin; Roe deer; Seasonal reproduction; Testis

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DEER; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONES; INSULIN; LEYDIG CELLS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEASONS; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 4544340112     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.024752     Document Type: Article

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