Estrogen stimulation of P450 cholesterol side-chain cleavage activity in cultures of human placental syncytiotrophoblasts

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 272-278

  Babischkin, Jeffery S ^a   Grimes, Randall W ^a   Pepe, Gerald J ^b   Albrecht, Eugene D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20ALPHA DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; 25 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; 3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTERIFICATION; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

CHOLESTEROL ESTERASE; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHOLESTEROLS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0031021111     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.1.272     Document Type: Article

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