The leydig cell MEK/ERK pathway is critical for maintaining a functional population of adult leydig cells and for fertility

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1211-1222

  Yamashita, Soichi ^a   Tai, Ping ^a   Charron, Jean ^b   Ko, CheMyong ^c   Ascoli, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

22 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; CELL MARKER; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ESTROGEN SULFOTRANSFERASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; PREGNENOLONE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL CULTURE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CHOLESTEROL SIDE CHAIN CLEAVAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENOTYPE; HYPERANDROGENISM; HYPOANDROGENEMIA; HYPOPLASIA; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

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EID: 79959896031     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2011-0059     Document Type: Article

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