Leydig cells: From stem cells to aging

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 306, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 9-16

  Chen, Haolin ^a   Ge, Ren Shan ^b   Zirkin, Barry R ^a  

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

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Leydig cell; Stem cell; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FREE RADICAL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING PEPTIDE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; COGNITION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; MOOD; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; STEM CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; RODENTIA; STEM CELLS; STEROIDS;

EID: 67349092087     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2009.01.023     Document Type: Review

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