Infusion of ACTH stimulates expression of adrenal ACTH receptor and steroidogenic acute regulatory protein mRNA in fetal sheep

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 291, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Carey, Luke C ^a   Su, Yixin ^a   Valego, Nancy K ^a   Rose, James C ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Ovine fetus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ADRENAL CELL; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFUSION; FETUS; HEART RATE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHEEP; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP;

EID: 33745810173     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00578.2005     Document Type: Article

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