Regulation of Leptin mRNA and Protein Expression in Pituitary Somatotropes

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 263-273

  McDuffie, Iris A ^a   Akhter, Noor ^a   Childs, Gwen V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Estrous cycle; GHRH; Growth hormone; Leptin; Leptin mRNA; Obesity; Rat; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; ESTROGEN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DIESTRUS; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0742322866     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215540405200214     Document Type: Article

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