Androgen-forming stem Leydig cells: Identification, function and therapeutic potential

Disease Markers

Volumn 24, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 277-286

  Zhang, Yunhui ^a,b   Ge, Renshan ^a   Hardy, Matthew P ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adult Leydig cell; Fetal Leydig cell; Phthalate; Stem Leydig cell; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3BETA HYDROXYDEHYDROGENASE 1; ACETONYLACETONE; ANDROGEN; BUSULFAN; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CYTOCHROME P450 11B1; CYTOCHROME P450 17; CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; DIETHYLHEXYLPHTHALATE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ETHANE DIMETHANE SULFONATE; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MICROSPHERE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT STEM CELL; ANDROGEN RELEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL RENEWAL; CYTOTOXICITY; DEL CASTILLO SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETAL STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; MALE GENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLLUTANT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; STEM CELL; STEM LEYDIG CELL; TESTIS INJURY;

EID: 47849117951     PISSN: 02780240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/905025     Document Type: Review

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