Progesterone can participate in down-regulation of the luteinizing hormone receptor gene expression and function in cultured murine Leydig cells

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-138

  El Hefnawy, Talal ^a   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Down regulation; Leydig cells; Luteinizing hormone; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; HYDROCORTISONE; IODINE 125; LUCIFERASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; STEROID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; GENE REPRESSION; LEYDIG CELL; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RADIOASSAY; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR GENE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TUMOR CELL LINE;

AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; DOWN-REGULATION; GENES, JUN; HYDROCORTISONE; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; PROGESTERONE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, LH; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROLS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0032574306     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(98)00002-1     Document Type: Article

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