Aberrant expression of human luteinizing hormone receptor by adrenocortical cells is sufficient to provoke both hyperplasia and cushing's syndrome features

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 196-203

  Mazzuco, Tânia L ^a,b,c   Chabre, Olivier ^a,b,c   Feige, Jean Jacques ^a,b   Thomas, Michaël ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ADRENAL CORTEX DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CUSHING SYNDROME; ECTOPIC HORMONE PRODUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY CAPSULE; MOUSE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 30344487571     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-1975     Document Type: Article

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