Journal of Andrology Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on the Epididymis
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Table 2. Gene expression levels of L-arginine NO-related and steroidogenic enzymes in adult Leydig cells*{dagger}
  Gene Code   Protein Name   Expression Level (Arbitrary Units)

  A08f   iNOS   4.08 ± 1.31
  C10n   eNOS   10.38 ± 1.25
  F06h   nNOS   3.02 ± 0.21
  C09a   Arginase 1   7.59 ± 1.33
  CYP17   17{alpha}-hydroxylase   8654.86 ± 760.12
  C07a   3ß-HSD   2493.21 ± 599.51
  C051   11-ß-HSD1   380.51 ± 37.93
  G27   GAPDH   179.60 ± 25.29
  G43   ß-Actin   1000

  *Gene expression levels were estimated as described in "Materials and Methods" and are presented as the ratio to the housekeeping gene ß-actin, which was set at 1000. The detection level is set at twice the standard deviation of the noise at 5.4, and values represent the mean ± SEM of 4 separate determinations
  {dagger}NO indicates nitric oxide; iNOS, inducible NO synthase; eNOS, endothelial NO synthase; nNOS, neuronal NO synthase; HSD, hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; and GAPDH, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase





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