Expression of thyrotropin-releasing hormone receptors in rat testis and their role in isolated Leydig cells

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 334, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 283-294

  Zhao, Yong ^a   Hou, Wu Gang ^a   Zhu, Hua Ping ^a   Zhao, Jie ^a   Wang, Rui An ^a   Xu, Ruo Jun ^b   Zhang, Yuan Qiang ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Leydig cells; Rat (Sprague Dawley); Testis; Thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH); TRH receptors

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DNA; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMESYLATE; PROTIRELIN; PROTIRELIN RECEPTOR; PROTIRELIN RECEPTOR 1; PROTIRELIN RECEPTOR 2; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; HORMONES; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MESYLATES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

RATTUS;

EID: 55649094885     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-008-0680-y     Document Type: Article

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