Constitutive and TCDD-induced expression of Ah receptor-responsive genes in the pituitary

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 783-793

  Huang, P ^a   Ceccatelli, S ^a   Hakansson H ^a   Grandison, L ^a   Rannug, Agneta ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 Tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin (2,3,7,8 TCDD); AHR repressor (AHRR); Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR); Beta naphthoflavone ( NF); Pituitary; Proopiomelanocortin (POMC)

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; BETA ENDORPHIN; BETA NAPHTHOFLAVONE; CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRESSOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSLATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; RNA, MESSENGER; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0036905947     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-813X(02)00040-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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