Adrenocorticotropin preferentially up-regulates angiopoietin 2 in the human fetal adrenal gland: Implications for coordinated adrenal organ growth and angiogenesis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1909-1915

  Ishimoto, Hitoshi ^a,c   Ginzinger, David G ^b,d   Jaffe, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 2; ANGIOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; FORSKOLIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FETUS CELL; FROZEN SECTION; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

8-BROMO CYCLIC ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ANGIOPOIETIN-2; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FORSKOLIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; RECEPTOR, TIE-2; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33646397027     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-2252     Document Type: Article

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