Human testicular peritubular cells host putative stem leydig cells with steroidogenic capacity

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Landreh, Luise ^a   Spinnler, Katrin ^b   Schubert, Kerstin ^b   Häkkinen, Merja R ^c   Auriola, Seppo ^c   Poutanen, Matti ^d   Söder, Olle ^a   Svechnikov, Konstantin ^a   Mayerhofer, Artur ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); FORSKOLIN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BB; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP11A1 GENE; GAPDH GENE; GATA4 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HSD3B GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TESTICULAR PERITUBULAR CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSL3 GENE; LEYDIG CELL; LHCGR GENE; LIFR GENE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NR5A1 GENE; PDGFRA GENE; POU5F1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RPL19 GENE; STAR GENE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS CELL; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; STEM CELLS; TESTIS;

EID: 84904043555     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2013-4199     Document Type: Article

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