Gonadectomy in mice of the inbred strain CE/J induces proliferation of sub-capsular adrenal cells expressing gonadal marker genes

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-57

  Johnsen, Inga K ^a   Slawik, Marc ^b   Shapiro, Igor ^a   Hartmann, Michaela F ^c   Wudy, Stefan A ^c   Looyenga, Brendan D ^d   Hammer, Gary D ^d   Reincke, Martin ^e   Beuschlein, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; CYCLINE; CYTOCHROME P450C17; HORMONE RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PEPTIDE HORMONE; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOG 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR WT 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL CELL; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL TUMOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ENDOCRINE CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADECTOMY; MALE; MARKER GENE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYMES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; ORCHIECTOMY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STEM CELLS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33746688477     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.1.06750     Document Type: Article

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