Fetal Leydig cells: Progenitor cell maintenance and differentiation

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-15

  Barsoum, Ivraym B ^a   Yao, Humphrey H C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Hedgehog; Notch; Reproductive genetics; Steroidogenic factor 1; Testis

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; LIGAND; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; PROTEIN ARX; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POD1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; FETUS; FETUS CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MASCULINITY; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SRY GENE; STEM CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FETAL STEM CELLS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77749246519     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.109.008318     Document Type: Conference Paper

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