Inhibition of thromboxane A synthase activity enhances steroidogenesis and steroidogenic acute regulatory gene expression in MA-10 mouse leydig cells

Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 851-857

  Wang, XingJia ^a   Yin, Xiangling ^a   Schiffer, Randolph B ^a   King, Steven R ^c   Stocco, Douglas M ^b   Grammas, Paula ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; FUREGRELATE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1; STEROID HORMONE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; THROMBOXANE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LEYDIG CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BUCLADESINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYCLIC AMP; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG SYNERGISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; STEROIDS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; THROMBOXANE A2; THROMBOXANE-A SYNTHASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 38549180679     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-0470     Document Type: Article

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