Intrapituitary adenoviral administration of 7B2 can extend life span and reverse endocrinological deficiencies in 7B2 null mice

Endocrinology

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2314-2323

  Sarac, Miroslav S ^a   Windeatt, Simon ^b   Castro, Maria G ^c   Lindberg, Iris ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; FURIN; GLUCOSE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN 7B2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CUSHING DISEASE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HYPOPHYSIS; LIFESPAN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0036096107     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.143.6.8811     Document Type: Article

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