Transition of leptin receptor expression during pubertal development in female rat pituitary

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 191-198

  Shimizu, Fumi ^a   Matsuzaki, Toshiya ^a   Iwasa, Takeshi ^a   Tanaka, Naoko ^a   Minakuchi, Masahiro ^a   Kuwahara, Akira ^a   Yasui, Toshiyuki ^a   Furumoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Irahara, Minoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary; Gonadotropin; Leptin receptor; Puberty

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LEPTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PUBERTY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CELL CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SEXUAL MATURATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LEPTIN; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 42049104767     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K07E-029     Document Type: Article

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