Dose-dependent effects of a glucocorticoid on prolactin production

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 405-414

  Yokoyama, Kotaro ^a   Hayashi, Mahoko ^a   Mogi, Chihiro ^b   Sasakawa, Yoshihiro ^c   Watanabe, Gen ^d,e   Taya, Kazuyoshi ^d,e   Devnath, Sukumar ^a   Inoue, Kinji ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Glucocorticoid; Pituitary; Prolactin; Somatomammotrope

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOCORTICOID; GROWTH HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; MIFEPRISTONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LOW DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STAINING;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORTICOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MIFEPRISTONE; PITUITARY GLAND; PROLACTIN; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 43449124754     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K07E-063     Document Type: Article

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