Leydig cell aging and the mechanisms of reduced testosterone synthesis

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 299, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-31

  Midzak, Andrew S ^a   Chen, Haolin ^a   Papadopoulos, Vassilios ^b   Zirkin, Barry R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Leydig cell; Luteinizing hormone; Steroidogenesis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE;

CELL AGING; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CYTOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL AGING; DOWN-REGULATION; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 58349121828     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2008.07.016     Document Type: Review

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