Structural complexity of the testis and PKG I/StAR interaction regulate the Leydig cell adaptive response to repeated immobilization stress

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 717-729

  Kostic, T S ^a   Stojkov, N J ^a   Janjic, M M ^a   Andric, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Leydig cells; PDE5; PKG I; steroidogenic acute regulatory protein; stress; testosterone

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IN VITRO STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS; TISSUE PREPARATION;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC GMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASES, TYPE 5; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TESTIS;

EID: 77956132994     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2009.01018.x     Document Type: Article

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