Ontogeny of expression and localization of steroidogenic enzymes in the neonatal and prepubertal pig testes

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-74

  Choi, Inho ^a   Kim, Ji Young ^b   Lee, Eun Ju ^a   Kim, Yoo Yong ^c   Chung, Chung Soo ^d   Chang, Jongsoo ^e   Choi, Nag Jin ^f   Chung, Hak Jae ^f   Lee, Ki Ho ^g  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^e Korea National Open University   (South Korea)

^f National Institute of Forest Science   (South Korea)

^g Eulji University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Leydig cells; Male reproductive tract; Nandrolone; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; AROMATASE; CARBONYL REDUCTASE; MESSENGER RNA; NANDROLONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONTOGENY; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; STEROID METABOLISM; STEROIDOGENESIS; SWINE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; 3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AROMATASE; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; SWINE; TESTIS;

EID: 58149293309     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.107.004796     Document Type: Article

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