Insulin-like growth factors augment steroid production and expression of steroidogenic enzymes in human fetal adrenal cortical cells: Implications for adrenal androgen regulation

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1390-1396

  Mesiano, Sam ^a   Katz, Steven L ^a   Lee, Janet Y ^a   Jaffe, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450; FORSKOLIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; PRASTERONE SULFATE; RECOMBINANT SOMATOMEDIN B; RECOMBINANT SOMATOMEDIN C; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ADRENAL GLAND; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0030918908     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.5.1390     Document Type: Article

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