Dexamethasone suppresses the differentiation of stem Leydig cells in rats in vitro

• Main Authors: Jingwei Zhang (Author), Guanghui Hu (Author), Bisheng Huang (Author), Dong Zhuo (Author), Yujie Xu (Author), Huitao Li (Author), Xiangcheng Zhan (Author), Ren-Shan Ge (Author), Yunfei Xu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background It is an established fact that excess of glucocorticoids could cause the harmful effects, such as suppression on the male reproduction. Although glucocorticoids pharmacologically inhibit the Leydig cell function, their roles in Leydig cell development are unclear. Therefore, the...