Progesterone metabolism in human leukemic monoblast U937 cells

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 539-546

  Suzuki, Takashi ^a   Murry, Barbara A ^b   Darnel, Andrew D ^a   Sasano, Hironobu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

20 HSD; Progesterone; TLC; U937

Indexed keywords

20ALPHA DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; 3BETA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 5ALPHA PREGNANE 3,20 DIONE; BILE ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; 20ALPHA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3ALPHA(OR 20BETA) HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRAIN U937; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MACROPHAGE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE METABOLISM; T LYMPHOCYTE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; CELL CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; LEUKEMIA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONOCYTE; PATHOLOGY;

20-ALPHA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 20-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MACROPHAGES; MONOCYTES; PROGESTERONE; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0036808083     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.49.539     Document Type: Article

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