Aromatase cytochrome P450 enzyme expression in human pituitary

Pituitary

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-35

  Kadioglu, Pinar ^a   Oral, Gokhan ^b   Sayitoglu, Muge ^c   Erensoy, Nevin ^c   Senel, Berna ^b   Gazioglu, Nurperi ^a   Sav, Aydin ^d   Cetin, Gursel ^b   Ozbek, Ugur ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Council of Forensic Medicine ^*  (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aromatase expression; Human; Pituitary; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AROMATASE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 38649143677     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-007-0065-3     Document Type: Article

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