Corticotropin-releasing hormone directly and preferentially stimulates dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate secretion by human fetal adrenal cortical cells

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2916-2920

  Smith, Roger ^a   Mesiano, Sam ^a,b   Chan, Eng Cheng ^a   Brown, Shane ^c   Jaffe, Robert B ^b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; PRASTERONE SULFATE; STEROID 17,20 LYASE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ANDROGEN RELEASE; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE;

PRIMATES;

EID: 0031758810     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.8.2916     Document Type: Article

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