Corticotropin regulates vascular endothelial growth factor expression in human fetal adrenal cortical cells

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1342-1347

  Shifren, Jan L ^a,d   Mesiano, Sam ^a   Taylor, Robert N ^a   Ferrara, Napoleone ^b   Jaffe, Robert B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CORTICOTROPIN; FORSKOLIN; MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FETUS; FETUS CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; LYMPHOKINES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 0031732741     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.4.1342     Document Type: Article

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