Blocking BRE expression in Leydig cells inhibits steroidogenesis by down-regulating 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 507-517

  Miao, J ^a   Chan, K W ^a   Chen, G G ^a   Chun, S Y ^a   Xia, N S ^b   Chan, J Y H ^c   Panesar, N S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

22 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CELL PROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYTOCHROME P450; FAT DROPLET; MESSENGER RNA; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN BRE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DOWN REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HORMONE METABOLISM; INHIBITION KINETICS; LEYDIG CELL; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; ANTISENSE ELEMENTS (GENETICS); BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 21244442660     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.1.06079     Document Type: Article

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