NGF induces adult stem Leydig cells to proliferate and differentiate during Leydig cell regeneration

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 436, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 300-305

  Zhang, Lei ^a   Wang, Huaxi ^b   Yang, Yan ^a   Liu, Hui ^a   Zhang, Qihao ^a,c   Xiang, Qi ^a,c   Ge, Renshan ^d   Su, Zhijian ^a   Huang, Yadong ^a,c  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c National Engineering Research Center of Genetic Medicine   (China)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immature Leydig cells; Luteinizing hormone (LH); Nerve growth factor (NGF); Progenitor Leydig cells; Seminiferous tubules; Stem Leydig cells

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CYCLIN D1; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMESYLATE; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; STEM CELL; TESTIS; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIN D1; GENE EXPRESSION; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MESYLATES; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROGESTERONE REDUCTASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; STEM CELLS; STEROID ISOMERASES; TESTOLACTONE; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84879605557     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.05.098     Document Type: Article

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