Region-specific expression of androgen and growth factor pathway genes in the rat epididymis and the effects of dual 5α-reductase inhibition

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 779-791

  Henderson, Natali Anne ^a   Cooke, Gerard M ^b,c   Robaire, Bernard ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH DIVISION   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 [3 [3 [BIS(4 ISOBUTYLPHENYL)METHYLAMINO]BENZOYL] 1H INDOL 1 YL]BUTYRIC ACID; ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 10; GROWTH FACTOR; N [2,2,2 TRIFLUORO 1 PHENYL 1 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)ETHYL] 3 OXO 4 AZA 5ALPHA ANDROST 1 ENE 17BETA CARBOXAMIDE; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 5; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 6; SOMATOMEDIN C; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LOCATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

3-OXO-5-ALPHA-STEROID 4-DEHYDROGENASE; 5-ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; ANDROGENS; ANDROSTENES; ANIMALS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; EPIDIDYMIS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INDOLES; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENYLBUTYRATES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 33749864908     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.1.06862     Document Type: Article

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