Expression of the progesterone receptor and progesterone-metabolising enzymes in the female and male human kidney

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 349-364

  Bumke Vogt, C ^a   Bahr V ^a   Diederich, S ^a   Herrmann, S M ^a   Anagnostopoulos, I ^a   Oelkers, W ^a   Quinkler, M ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20ALPHA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3ALPHA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ALDOSTERONE; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; LIGAND; MINERALOCORTICOID; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; RNA; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING SITE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROXYLATION; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; KIDNEY CELL; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY DISTAL TUBULE; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; KIDNEY MEDULLA; LIGAND BINDING; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE METABOLISM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SCATCHARD PLOT; STEROID METABOLISM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

20-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; MALE; PROGESTERONE; PROMEGESTONE; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 18744415956     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1750349     Document Type: Review

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