Regulation of the expression and secretion of urocortin 2 in rat pituitary

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 443-452

  Nemoto, Takahiro ^a   Iwasaki Sekino, Azusa ^a   Yamauchi, Naoko ^a   Shibasaki, Tamotsu ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; DOPAMINE; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROCORTIN; UROCORTIN 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RAT;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BETA-ENDORPHIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; DEXAMETHASONE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33947429757     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.1.07023     Document Type: Article

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