Dexamethasone up-regulates the expression of glucocorticoid receptor in growth plate and inhibits the longitudinal growth of bone: Experiment with rats

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 87, Issue 36, 2007, Pages 2575-2577

  Zhang, Hui Feng ^a   Wang, Wei Ping ^b   Yang, Yi ^b   Zhang, Yan Ling ^b   Pi, Ya Lei ^b   Tian, Xiao Yu ^b   Jiang, Xiu Fang ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Growth plate; Receptor, glucocorticoid

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; PARAFFIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCISION; GROWTH PLATE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIBIA; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHONDROCYTES; DEXAMETHASONE; GROWTH PLATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; WEANING;

EID: 37149054006     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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