Endothelin-1 stimulates steroid secretion of human adrenocortical cells ex vivo via both ET(A) and ET(B) receptor subtypes

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3445-3449

  Rossi, G P ^a   Albertin, G ^a   Neri, G ^a   Andreis, P G ^a   Hofmann, S ^a   Pessina, A C ^a   Nussdorfer, G G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; STEROID;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ALDOSTERONE RELEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROID RELEASE;

EID: 0030930089     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.82.10.4279     Document Type: Article

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