Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) stimulation of sheep fetal adrenal cortex can occur without increased expression of ACTH receptor (ACTH-R) mRNA

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 1-6

  Carter, A M ^a   Petersen, Y M ^a   Towstoless, M ^a   Andreasen, D ^a   Jensen, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Adrenocorticotrophin receptor; Fetal sheep; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; BETA ACTIN; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); COMPLEMENTARY RNA; CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450C17; CYTOCHROME P450C21; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE; TETRACOSACTIDE; THIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA PROBE; SHEEP; STEROIDOGENESIS;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART RATE, FETAL; HYDROCORTISONE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; STEROID 21-HYDROXYLASE; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0036254541     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD01046     Document Type: Article

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