Testosterone up-regulates aquaporin-4 expression in cultured astrocytes

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 709-715

  Gu, Feng ^a   Hata, Ryuji ^a   Toku, Kazuko ^a   Yang, Lihua ^a   Ma, Yong Jie ^a   Maeda, Nobuji ^a   Sakanaka, Masahiro ^a   Tanaka, Junya ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Aquaporin; Astrocyte; Dexamethasone; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN EDEMA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC FRAGILITY; OSMOTIC STRESS; PIA MATER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORINS; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; DEXAMETHASONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTOSTERONE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0038658803     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10603     Document Type: Article

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