Thyroid hormone affects secretory activity and uncoupling protein-3 expression in rat harderian gland

Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 3338-3345

  Baccari, Gabriella Chieffi ^a   Monteforte, Rossella ^a   De Lange, Pieter ^a   Raucci, Franca ^a   Farina, Paola ^a   Lanni, Antonia ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SYNAPSIN II; THYROID HORMONE;

ACINAR CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPITHELIUM; HARDER GLAND; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPERTROPHY; LIPOGENESIS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; RESPIRATORY CHAIN;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL RESPIRATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HARDERIAN GLAND; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SECRETORY VESICLES; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 3042636403     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2004-0060     Document Type: Article

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