Functional aspects of the effect of prolactin (PRL) on adrenal steroidogenesis and distribution of the PRL receptor in the human adrenal gland

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 3103-3111

  Glasow, Annegret ^a   Breidert, Matthias ^a   Haidan, Andrea ^a   Anderegg, Ulf ^a   Kelly, Paul A ^b   Bornstein, Stefan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE; PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL GLAND; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENAL GLANDS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MOLECULAR PROBES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROLACTIN; RECEPTORS, PROLACTIN; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029809418     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.8.3103     Document Type: Article

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