Adrenal TGFβ1 mRNA levels fall during late gestation and are not regulated by cortisol in the sheep fetus

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 206, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 85-91

  Coulter, Catherine L ^a   Salkeld, Mark D ^a   McMillen, I Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Cortisol; Fetus; Hypothalamus; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 17; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHEEP; STEROIDOGENESIS; STIMULATION; ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYPOPHYSIS; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMALS; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY GLAND; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 0041430885     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(03)00214-4     Document Type: Article

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