Estrogen suppresses retinaldehyde dehydrogenase 1 expression in the anterior pituitary glands of female rats

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-96

  Fujiwara, Ken ^a   Davaadash, Bulgan ^b   Kikuchi, Motoshi ^a   Takigami, Shu ^a   Yashiro, Takashi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MONGOLIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary gland; Estrogen; RALDH; Rat; Retinoic acid

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RETINALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESTROGEN; RALDH1 PROTEIN, RAT; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; RETINOIC ACID;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARIECTOMY; PARACRINE SIGNALING; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROBE; AGE; ANIMAL; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; WISTAR RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DOWN-REGULATION; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; RNA, MESSENGER; TRETINOIN;

EID: 42049110801     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K07-101     Document Type: Article

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