Analysis of mRNA expression for steroidogenic enzymes in the remaining adrenal cortices attached to adrenocortical adenomas

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 867-878

  Shigematsu, Kazuto ^a   Nakagaki, Takehiro ^a   Yamaguchi, Naohiro ^a   Kawai, Kioko ^b   Sakai, Hideki ^a   Takahara, Osamu ^c  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Nagasaki Prefecture Medical Health Operation Group   (Japan)

^c JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; CYTOCHROME P450 21A2; HYDROCORTISONE; MELANOCORTIN 2 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; SULFOTRANSFERASE; SULFOTRANSFERASE 2A1; ALCOHOL SULFOTRANSFERASE; CYP17A1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; SPATA7 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ANALYSIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; TUMOR VOLUME; ZONA FASCICULATA; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; SULFOTRANSFERASES;

EID: 44949238594     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-07-0626     Document Type: Article

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