Effects of luteinizing hormone and androgen on the development of rat progenitor Leydig cells in vitro and in vivo

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 685-691

  Guo, Jing Jing ^a   Ma, Xue ^b,c   Wang, Claire QF ^a   Ge, Yu Fei ^b   Lian, Qing Quan ^a   Hardy, Dianne O ^b   Zhang, Yu Fei ^d   Dong, Qiang ^c   Xu, Yun Fei ^e   Ge, Ren Shan ^a,b  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d MUDANJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e TENTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL OF TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Luteinizing hormone; Progenitor Leydig cell; Proliferation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CYCLIN D3; CYCLINE; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLESTRENOLONE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYMIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRESTOLONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HYPOPHYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; UPREGULATION;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LEYDIG CELLS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; NANDROLONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84883467651     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2013.55     Document Type: Article

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