Pituitary-testicular axis function, biological to immunological ratio and charge isoform distribution of pituitary LH in male rats with experimental diabetes

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 304-312

  Olivares, Aleida ^a   Méndez, Juan Pablo ^b   Cárdenas, Mario ^c   Oviedo, Norma ^a   Palomino, Miguel Ángel ^d   Santos, Isis ^a   Perera Marín, Gerardo ^e   Gutiérrez Sagal, Rubén ^a   Ulloa Aguirre, Alfredo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Experimental diabetes; LH bioactivity; Luteinizing hormone; Streptozotocin

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CHROMATOFOCUSING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSYLATION; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOINSULINEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS TESTIS SYSTEM; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 63649160472     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.12.021     Document Type: Article

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