Follicle-stimulating hormone activates fatty acid amide hydrolase by protein kinase A and aromatase-dependent pathways in mouse primary sertoli cells

Endocrinology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1431-1439

  Rossi, Gianna ^a   Gasperi, Valeria ^b,c   Paro, Rita ^a   Barsacchi, Daniela ^b   Cecconi, Sandra ^a   Maccarrone, Mauro ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ANANDAMIDE; AROMATASE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; ENDOCANNABINOID; ESTROGEN; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; FOLLITROPIN; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HORMONE ACTION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SERTOLI CELL;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; AROMATASE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLYCERIDES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; SERTOLI CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRPV CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 33847027343     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2006-0969     Document Type: Article

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