The undifferentiated cell zone is a stem cell zone in adult rat adrenal cortex

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1619, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 317-324

  Mitani, Fumiko ^a   Mukai, Kuniaki ^a   Miyamoto, Hirokuni ^a   Suematsu, Makoto ^a   Ishimura, Yuzuru ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Cell differentiation; Circadian rhythm; Cytogenesis; Stem cell; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; HORMONE ACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS; ZONA FASCICULATA; ZONA GLOMERULOSA;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MICE; RATS; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; STEM CELLS; ZONA FASCICULATA; ZONA GLOMERULOSA; ZONA RETICULARIS;

MAMMALIA; ZU;

EID: 0037450419     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(02)00490-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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