Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) induces acute adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) secretion in fetal rhesus macaque primates: A novel dynamic test of pituitary function

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4170-4173

  Akita, Sadanori ^a   Conn, P Michael ^b,c   Melmed, Shlomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOKINE; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; RECOMBINANT LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOREGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ANIMALS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LYMPHOKINES; MACACA MULATTA; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0029824360     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.11.4170     Document Type: Article

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