Cyclooxygenases in rat Leydig cells: Effects of luteinizing hormone and aging

Endocrinology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 735-742

  Chen, Haolin ^a   Luo, Lindi ^a   Liu, June ^a   Zirkin, Barry R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGING; ANIMALS; BUCLADESINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; LEYDIG CELLS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

EID: 33846422789     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2006-0925     Document Type: Article

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