Homologous up-regulation of androgen receptor expression by androgen in vascular smooth muscle cells

Hormone Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-14

  Ma, Rui ^a   Wu, Saizhu ^a   Lin, Qishui ^b  

^a FIRST MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Androgen receptor transcriptional activity; Auto regulation of androgen receptor; Post transcriptional regulation of androgen receptor; Testosterone; Vascular smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTIANDROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; AORTA MEDIA; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOPLASM; FLUTAMIDE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTOSTERONE; THYMIDINE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 12544259451     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082339     Document Type: Article

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