Human lymphocytes produce urocortin, but not corticotropin-releasing hormone

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 708-711

  Bamberger, Christoph M ^a,b   Wald, Martin ^a   Bamberger, Ana Maria ^a   Ergün, Süleyman ^b   Beil, Frank Ulrich ^b   Schulte, Heinrich M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; UROCORTIN;

CELL CULTURE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CROSS REACTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031792528     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.83.2.4693     Document Type: Review

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