Glucocorticoid receptor mRNA and protein in fetal rat lung in vivo: Modulation by glucocorticoid and androgen

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 1 19-1, 1998, Pages

  Sweezey, Neil B ^a   Ghibu, F ^a   Gagnon, S ^a   Schotman, E ^b   Hamid, Q ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Dihydrotestosterone; In situ hybridization; Lung development

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; FETUS; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031814206     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.1998.275.1.l103     Document Type: Article

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