Title | Hormonal Regulation of Spermatogenesis [electronic resource] / edited by Frank S. French, Vidar Hansson, E. Martin Ritzen, Shihadeh N. Nayfeh |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US, 1975 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4440-7 |
Descript | XII, 530 p. online resource |
Steroid synthesis and metabolism: in vitro studies -- 1. Distribution of steroids, steroid production and steroid metabolizing enzymes in rat testis -- 2. Androgen metabolism in the seminiferous tubule -- 3. Androgen synthesis and metabolism by preparations from the seminiferous tubule of the rat testis -- 4. Gonadotropic regulation of 5?-reductase activity in the interstitial cells and whole testis homogenate of the immature rat -- 5. Compartmentation of microsomal cytochrome P-450 and 17?-hydroxylase activity in the rat testis -- 6. Synthesis of estradiol-l7? by Sertoli cells in culture: Stimulation by FSH and dibutyryl cyclic AMP -- 7. Comparison of steroid metabolism in testicular compartments of human and rat testes -- 8. Biosynthesis and metabolism of testosterone in isolated germ cells of the rat and the ram and in the Sertoli cells of the rat -- 9. Testicular enzymes related to steroid metabolism -- Steroid synthesis and metabolism: perfusion and superfusion studies -- 10. Perfusion of the male rat reproductive tract: A model for the study of androgen secretion and action -- 11. Some factors affecting testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, 5?-androstan-3?, 17?-diol and 5?-androstan-3?, 17?-diol secretion by in vitro perfused rabbit testes -- 12. Metabolism and secretion of androgens by rat seminiferous tubules: Tracer superfusion studies -- 13. Local increase in concentration of steroids by venous-arterial transfer in the pampiniform plexus -- Steroid hormones in the seminiferous tubule -- 14. Regulation of testosterone and dihydrotestosterone levels in rete testis fluid. Evidence for androgen biosynthesis in seminiferous tubules in vivo -- 15. Concentration of steroid hormones and androgen binding protein (ABP) in rabbit efferent duct fluid -- 16. The blood โ testis barrier and steroids -- Androgen receptors -- 17. Physicochemical and biological properties of androgen receptors -- 18. Androgen receptor in rat testis -- 19. Localization of androgen receptors in rat testis: Biochemical studies -- 20. Androgen receptors in testis tissue enriched in Sertoli cells -- 21. Androgen binding in the testis: In vitro production of androgen binding protein (ABP) by Sertoli cell cultures and measurement of nuclear bound androgen by a nuclear exchange assay -- 22. Localization of androgen target cells in the rat testis: Autoradiographic studies -- Hormonal regulation of Sertoli cell function -- 23. Testicular androgen binding protein (ABP) โ A parameter of Sertoli cell secretory function -- 24. Hormonal regulation of the seminiferous tubule Function -- 25. Invitro synthesis of testicular androgen binding protein (ABP): Stimulation by FSH and androgen -- 26. Biochemical responses of cultured Sertoli cell-enriched preparations to follicle stimulating hormone and dibutyryl cyclic AMP -- 27. FSH-induction of androgen binding protein in testes of Sertoli cell-only rats -- 28 Culture and FSH responses of Sertoli cells isolated from sexually mature rat testis -- 29 Stimulation by follicle stimulating hormone and dibutyryl cyclic AMP of incorporation of 3H-thymidine into nuclear DNA of cultured Sertoli cell-enriched preparations from immature rats -- Purification of testicular proteins -- 30. On three varieties of specific basic proteins associated with mammalian spermatogenesis -- 31. Purification and characterization of rabbit testicular androgen binding protein (ABP) -- Morphological studies on the seminiferous tubule -- 32. Transcription during mammalian spermatogenesis with special reference to Sertoli cells -- 33. Histochemical and ultrastructural observations on normal and follicle stimulating hormone-injected prepuberal rat Sertoli cells -- 34. Follicle stimulating hormone and cyclic AMP directed changes in ultrastructure and properties of cultured Sertoli cell-enriched preparations: Comparison with cultured testicular peritubular cells -- 35. Possible boundary tissue function in isolated seminiferous tubules -- 36. Conference Summary