Melatonin inhibits the expression of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein and steroidogenesis in MA-10 cells

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 245-254

  Wu, C S ^a   Leu, S F ^b   Yang, H Y ^b   Huang, B M ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Dept of Cell Biology and Anatomy ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

HCG; MA 10 leydig cells; Mouse; Progester one

Indexed keywords

22 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; LUZINDOLE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROID RELEASE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BUCLADESINE; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDROXYCHOLESTEROLS; MELATONIN; MICE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0035113466     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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