Human ovarian tumor cells: A potential model for thecal cell steroidogenesis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 257-263

  Rainey, William E ^a   Sawetawan, Chiravudh ^a   Mccarthy, John L ^b   Mcgee, Elizabeth A ^a   Bird, Ian M ^a   Word, R Ann ^a   Carr, Bruce R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; BUCLADESINE; ESTROGEN; FORSKOLIN; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; PRASTERONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; THECA CELL;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ALDEHYDE-LYASES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; CYCLIC AMP; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; THECA CELLS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030068612     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.1.257     Document Type: Article

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