Differential production of adrenal steroids by purifield cells of the human adrenal cortex is relative rather than absolute

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 139-145

  Young, Leonie S ^a   Murphy, Geraldine ^a   Kelly, Sinead N ^a   Smith, Thomas P ^a   Cunningham, Sean K ^a   McKenna, T Joseph ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; CANCER GROWTH FACTOR; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS; ZONA FASCICULATA; ZONA GLOMERULOSA;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ALDOSTERONE; ANDROGENS; ANGIOTENSIN II; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0037262397     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1480139     Document Type: Article

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