Estrogen Receptor-Mediated Down-Regulation of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Gene Expression Is Dependent on a Cyclic Adenosine 3′,5′ -Monophosphate Regulatory Element in Human Placental Syncytiotrophoblast Cells

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2312-2318

  Ni, Xin ^a   Hou, Yue ^a   King, Bruce R ^b   Tang, Xiaolu ^a   Read, Mark A ^b   Smith, Roger ^b   Nicholson, Richard C ^b,c  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FULVESTRANT; LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIGAND BINDING; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA ANALYSIS; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

8-BROMO CYCLIC ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; CELLS, CULTURED; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; DOWN-REGULATION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LIGANDS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TROPHOBLASTS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VECTORS;

EID: 2442499187     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-030948     Document Type: Article

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