Characterization of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis in estrogen receptor (ER) null mice reveals hypergonadism and endocrine sex reversal in females lacking ERα but not ERβ

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1039-1053

  Couse, John F ^a,b   Yates, Mariana M ^a   Walker, Vickie R ^a   Korach, Kenneth S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

17BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE ISOMERASE; 3BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE ISOMERASE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 11A; CYTOCHROME P450 17; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; ISOMERASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN; STEROID ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADAL DISEASE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MOUSE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INHIBINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY HORMONES; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038517910     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2002-0398     Document Type: Article

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