Article
Testicular steroidogenesis in X/X sex-reversed mice.
International journal of andrology - 1 Apr 1991
O'Shaughnessy P J, Abbott D H, Leigh A J, Cattanach B M
Abstract excerpt
The sex-reversed X/X Sxr mouse is phenotypically male but lacks germ cells. This provides the opportunity to examine Leydig cell function in the absence of a normal germinal epithelium and without experimental manipulation of the testis. Serum testosterone was lower in Sxr males compared to norma...
Topics
- Androgens
- Animals
- Chorionic Gonadotropin
- Genotype
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- In Vitro Techniques
- Leydig Cells
- Luteinizing Hormone
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C3H
- Mice, Mutant Strains
- Testosterone
- X Chromosome