Rat epididymal epithelial cells and 17ß-estradiol synthesis under hCG stimulation in vitro

From: Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica | Date: January 1, 2007| Author: Swider-Al-Amawi, Malgorzata; Marchlewicz, Mariola; Kolasa, Agnieszka; Wenda-RÃ ³ zewicka, Lidia; Wiszniewska, Barbara | Copyright information

Abstract: Epithelial cells of human and animal epididymis display features of steroidogenic cells. Rat epididymal epithelial cells in vitro produce androgens which are converted to 17β-estradiol, and released into the medium. The regulation of the epididymal steroidogenesis is not fully understood but it could be expected that it remains under LH influence. In previous study we observed that the morphology of rat epididymal epithelial cells in vitro was affected by hCG and the increase o...

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