Possible involvement of 5α-reduced neurosteroids in adrenergic and serotonergic stimulation of GFAP gene expression in rat C6 glioma cells

Brain Research

Volumn 1085, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-56

  Morita, Kyoji ^a   Arimochi, Hideki ^a   Itoh, Hiroyuki ^a   Her, Song ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 reduced neurosteroid; Adrenergic and serotonergic stimulation; GFAP gene expression; Glial cell differentiation

Indexed keywords

20ALPHA DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; BICUCULLINE; FINASTERIDE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; ISOPRENALINE; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE; SEROTONIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG INHIBITION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIOMA; GLIOMA CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TUMOR CELL LINE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

20-ALPHA-DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FINASTERIDE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIOMA; ISOPROTERENOL; PROGESTERONE; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEROTONIN; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646555109     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.02.033     Document Type: Article

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