Endocrine glands testes

Location of major endocrine glands in humans. The hypothalamus regulates the anterior pituitary, which regulates the hormonal secretions of the thyroid, adrenals, and gonads (ovary in the female and testis in the male). 

LeCouter, J., Lin, R., Tejada, M., Frantz, G., Peale, F., Hillan, K. J., and Ferrara, N. (2003). The endocrine-gland-derived VEGF homologue Bv8 promotes angiogenesis in the testis Localization of Bv8 receptors to endothelial cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100, 2685—2690. 

Samson, M., Peale, F. V. Jr, Frantz, G., Rioux-Leclercq, N., Rajpert-De Meyts, E., and Ferrara, N. (2004). Human endocrine gland-derived vascular endothelial growth factor Expression early in development and in Leydig cell tumors suggests roles in normal and pathological testis angiogenesis. J. Clin. Endocrinol Metab. 89, 4078-4088. 

Many kallikreins are transcribed predominantly in only a few tissues, as indicated by Northern blotting. By using the more sensitive reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR technique, kallikreins were found to be expressed at lower amounts in several other tissues. Many kallikreins are expressed in the salivary gland—the tissue in which most of the rodent kallikreins are expressed. In addition, several kallikreins were also found in the central nervous system and endocrine-related tissues such as the prostate, breast, and testis. A more detailed review of the expression of kallikreins in different tissues by various techniques can be found elsewhere [44], A global view of kallikrein expression in 36 different tissues, as determined by RT-PCR, is presented in Fig. 2. 

Wood Creosote. Effects of wood creosote on the endocrine organs are confined to changes in testis and adrenal gland weights without any accompanying histological alterations. Miyazato et al. (1981) reported... 

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