Oxidative stress-induced inhibition of adrenal steroidogenesis requires participation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathway

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 193-207

  Abidi, Parveen ^a   Zhang, Haiyan ^a   Zaidi, Syed M ^a   Shen, Wen Jun ^a   Leers Sucheta, Susan ^a,d   Cortez, Yuan ^a   Han, Jiahuai ^c   Azhar, Salman ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; 4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 METHYLSULFINYLPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; 4 HYDROXYNONENAL; ACETYLCYSTEINE; CATALASE; CYCLIC AMP; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN 3; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ISOENZYME; LIPOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 11; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 12; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 13; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 14; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PLASMID DNA; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STEROID HORMONE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RNA ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; UPREGULATION;

20-ALPHA-DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYCLIC CMP; MAP KINASE KINASE 3; MAP KINASE KINASE 6; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 47849100495     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-07-0570     Document Type: Article

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