Mechanisms of epidermal growth factor signaling: Regulation of steroid biosynthesis and the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein in mouse Leydig tumor cells

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1393-1404

  Manna, Pulak R ^a   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo T ^a   Wang, Xing Jia ^a   Eubank, Darrell W ^a   Stocco, Douglas M ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth factors; Leydig cells; Mechanisms of hormone action; Signal transduction; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; BUCLADESINE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; STEROID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN COS1; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS TUMOR;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BASE SEQUENCE; BUCLADESINE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, LH; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0036838732     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.007179     Document Type: Article

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