The role of thyroid hormone in testicular development and function

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 351-365

  Wagner, Márcia Santos ^a   Wajner, Simone Magagnin ^a   Maia, Ana Luiza ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONAD SPECIFIC TRANSPORTER PROTEIN; GONADOTROPIN; IODOTHYRONINE DEIODINASE; LIOTHYRONINE; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER; OXIDOREDUCTASE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS SIZE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; THYROID HORMONES; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 57449101828     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-08-0218     Document Type: Review

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