Pharmacological Effects of Propylthiouracil on Corticosterone Secretion in Male Rats

Journal of Investigative Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 444-452

  Lo, Ming Jae ^a   Wang, Shyi Wu ^b   Kau, Mei Mei ^a   Chen, Jiann Jong ^a   Chen, Yen Hao ^a   Fang, Victor S ^c   Ho, Low Tone ^c   Wang, Paulus S ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

cAMP; P450C11 activity; PTU; ZFR cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANTITHYROID AGENT; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; FORSKOLIN; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; METABOLISM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SECRETION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; CELLS, CULTURED; CORTICOSTERONE; CYCLIC AMP; FORSKOLIN; MALE; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 0032246454     PISSN: 17088267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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