Estrogen regulates the localization and expression of calbindin-D9k in the pituitary gland of immature male rats via the ERα-pathway

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 285, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 26-33

  Tinnanooru, Pushpalatha ^a   Dang, Vu Hoang ^a   Nguyen, Thi Hoa ^a   Lee, Geun Shik ^a   Choi, Kyung Chul ^b   Jeung, Eui Bae ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calbindin D9k; ER and ER ; Immature male rats; Pituitary gland

Indexed keywords

1,3,5 TRIS(4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 4 PROPYLPYRAZOLE; ANTIESTROGEN; CALBINDIN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FULVESTRANT; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 39849094301     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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