Corticotropin-releasing hormone links pituitary adrenocorticotropin gene expression and release during adrenal insufficiency

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1269-1277

  Muglia, Louis J ^a   Jacobson, Lauren ^b,d   Luedke, Christina ^b   Vogt, Sherri K ^a   Schaefer, Michele L ^b   Dikkes, Pieter ^b   Fukuda, Shoko ^c   Sakai, Yoko ^c   Suda, Toshihiro ^c   Majzoub, Joseph A ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 12944317210     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI5250     Document Type: Article

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