Interindividual glucocorticoid sensitivity in young healthy subjects: The role of glucocorticoid receptor a and β isoforms ratio

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 425-429

  Colli, L M ^a   Do Amaral, F C ^a   Torres, N ^a   De Castro, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid receptor and isoforms; Glucocorticoid sensitivity; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ALPHA; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR BETA; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROCORTISONE; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 34347246307     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-980191     Document Type: Conference Paper

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