Estrogenic Compounds or Adiponectin Inhibit Cyclic AMP Response to Human Luteinizing Hormone in Mouse Leydig Tumor

Thi Mong Diep Nguyen1,2, Danièle Klett3, Yves Combarnous4

  • 1Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 37380 Nouzilly, France. diepdhqn@ymail.com.

Biology
|June 20, 2019
PubMed

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