Corticotropin-releasing hormone is produced by rat corticotropes and modulates ACTH secretion in a paracrine/autocrine fashion

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2478-2484

  Giraldi, Francesca Pecori ^a   Cavagnini, Francesco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corticotropes; Gene expression; Hypothalamic releasing factors; Tissue distribution

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL CULTURE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TARGET CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032104175     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI443     Document Type: Article

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