A connection between extracellular matrix and hormonal signals during the development of the human fetal adrenal gland

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1495-1503

  Chamoux, Estelle ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Adrenocorticotropin; Angiotensin II; Development; Extracellular matrix; Human fetus

Indexed keywords

17 HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; COLLAGEN; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTISONE; CYTOCHROME P450C17; FIBRONECTIN; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE 2; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; LAMININ; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1; PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN C; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1;

ADRENAL CORTEX; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATION PERIOD; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; ZONA FASCICULATA; ZONA GLOMERULOSA;

EID: 26644465736     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2005001000006     Document Type: Review

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