Agouti-related protein has an inhibitory paracrine role in the rat adrenal gland

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 301, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 102-107

  Dhillo, W S ^a   Small, C J ^a   Gardiner, J V ^a   Bewick, G A ^a   Whitworth, E J ^b   Jethwa, P H ^a   Seal, L J ^a   Ghatei, M A ^a   Hinson, J P ^b   Bloom, S R ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adrenal; AgRP; Corticosterone; MC3 R; MC4 R; Rat; MSH

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADRENAL CELL; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GLOMERULOSA CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZONA GLOMERULOSA;

AGOUTI;

EID: 0037474509     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)02991-1     Document Type: Article

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