Molecular regulation of steroidogenesis in endocrine Leydig cells

Steroids

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 3-10

  Tremblay, Jacques J ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Leydig cells; Signaling pathways; Steroidogenesis; Testis; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STEROID;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE STRUCTURE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LEYDIG CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; ADULT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDS;

EID: 84945458138     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: 18785867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2015.08.001     Document Type: Article

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