Doxazosin blockade of α1-adrenergic receptors increases rat serum progesterone levels: a putative role of ovarian angiotensin III in steroidogenesis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 1071-1075

  de la Chica Rodríguez, Susana ^a   Cortés Denia, Pedro ^a   Ramírez Expósito, María Jesús ^a   Arias de Saavedra, José Manuel ^b   Sánchez Agesta, Rafael ^a,b   del Cármen Pérez, María ^a,b   Martínez Martos, José Manuel ^a  

^a Department of Health Sciences   (Spain)

^b Servicio Andaluz de Salud   (Spain)

Author keywords

adrenergic receptors; aminopeptidase A; aminopeptidase B; aminopeptidase N; ovarian renin angiotensin system; progesterone; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; AMINOPEPTIDASE B; ANGIOTENSIN III; AROMATIC AMIDE; DOXAZOSIN; ESTRADIOL; GLUTAMYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; FLUOROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SERUM; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANGIOTENSIN III; ANIMALS; DOXAZOSIN; FEMALE; OVARY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; STEROIDS;

EID: 34848895401     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.12.021     Document Type: Article

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