Transcription factor GATA-6 in the human adrenocortex: Association with adrenal development and aging

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 783-789

  Nakamura, Yasuhiro ^a   Suzuki, Takashi ^a   Sasano, Hironobu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Development; GATA 6; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ZONA FASCICULATA; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); FETUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FETUS; GATA6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 40649123580     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K07E-001     Document Type: Article

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