Basal steroidogenic activity of adrenocortical cells is increased 10- fold by coculture with chromaffin cells

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 772-780

  Haidan, A ^a,d   Bornstein, S R ^a,c   Glasow, A ^a   Uhlmann, K ^a   Lubke C ^b   Ehrhart Bornstein, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR MOLEKULARE PHARMAKOLOGIE   (Germany)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOTROPIN; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; CYTOCHROME P450; DACTINOMYCIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; INDOMETACIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; MESSENGER RNA; THYMIDINE;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHROMAFFIN CELL; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0031788016     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.2.5740     Document Type: Article

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