"Leydig Cells" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Steroid-producing cells in the interstitial tissue of the TESTIS. They are under the regulation of PITUITARY HORMONES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; or interstitial cell-stimulating hormone. TESTOSTERONE is the major androgen (ANDROGENS) produced.
Descriptor ID |
D007985
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MeSH Number(s) |
A05.360.444.849.513 A06.407.312.782.513 A11.382.906 A11.436.513
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Concept/Terms |
Leydig Cells- Leydig Cells
- Cells, Leydig
- Testicular Interstitial Cells
- Interstitial Cells, Testicular
- Cell, Testicular Interstitial
- Cells, Testicular Interstitial
- Interstitial Cell, Testicular
- Testicular Interstitial Cell
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1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leydig Cells" by people in Profiles.
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Barthold JS, Pugarelli J, MacDonald ML, Ren J, Adetunji MO, Polson SW, Mateson A, Wang Y, Sol-Church K, McCahan SM, Akins RE, Devoto M, Robbins AK. Polygenic inheritance of cryptorchidism susceptibility in the LE/orl rat. Mol Hum Reprod. 2016 Jan; 22(1):18-34.
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Fan J, Traore K, Li W, Amri H, Huang H, Wu C, Chen H, Zirkin B, Papadopoulos V. Molecular mechanisms mediating the effect of mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate on hormone-stimulated steroidogenesis in MA-10 mouse tumor Leydig cells. Endocrinology. 2010 Jul; 151(7):3348-62.
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Dun SL, Brailoiu GC, Brailoiu E, Yang J, Chang JK, Dun NJ. Distribution and biological activity of obestatin in the rat. J Endocrinol. 2006 Nov; 191(2):481-9.
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Li X, Hales KH, Watanabe G, Lee RJ, Pestell RG, Hales DB. The effect of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and cAMP on induction of AP-1 activity in MA-10 tumor Leydig cells. Endocrine. 1997 Jun; 6(3):317-24.