Characterization of adrenal ACTH signaling pathway and steroidogenic enzymes in Erhualian and Pietrain pigs with different plasma cortisol levels

Steroids

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 806-814

  Li, Liu An ^a,b   Xia, Dong ^a   Wei, Shi ^a   Hartung, J ^c   Zhao, Ru Qian ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

cAMP; Cortisol; pCREB; Pigs; StAR; Steroidogenic enzymes

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CORTICOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME; HYDROCORTISONE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MELANOCORTIN 2 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; SWINE;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; HYDROCORTISONE; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 2; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 44249084156     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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