Expression of the human glucocorticoid receptor splice variants α, β, and P in peripheral blood mononuclear leukocytes in healthy controls and in patients with hyper- and hypocortisolism

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 6237-6243

  Hagendorf, Antje ^a   Koper, Jan W ^a   De Jong, Frank H ^a   Brinkmann, Albert O ^a   Lamberts, Steven W J ^a   Feelders, Richard A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ALPHA; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR BETA; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR P; HYDROCORTISONE; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METYRAPONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABNORMALLY LOW SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOCORTISOLISM; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RNA SPLICING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; METYRAPONE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 27744432217     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-1042     Document Type: Article

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