Pharmacological Regulation of the Cholesterol Transport Machinery in Steroidogenic Cells of the Testis

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 98, Issue , 2015, Pages 189-227

  Aghazadeh, Yasaman ^a,b   Zirkin, Barry R ^c   Papadopoulos, Vassilios ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cholesterol transport; Hypogonadism; Infertility; Leydig cells; STAR; Steroidogenesis; Testosterone; Testosterone replacement therapy; TSPO; VDAC1

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84955748114     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.vh.2014.12.006     Document Type: Chapter

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