Sex hormone regulation of tear lipocalin in the rabbit lacrimal gland

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 184-190

  Seamon, Vanessa ^a   Vellala, Kavyasri ^a   Zylberberg, Claudia ^a   Ponamareva, Olga ^a   Azzarolo, Ana Maria ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

androgens; estrogens; female; lacrimal gland; male; ovariectomy; rabbits; tear lipocalin

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; LIPOCALIN; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; LACRIMAL GLAND; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; AGING; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESTRADIOL; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LIPOCALIN 1; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; RABBITS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 50849130564     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2008.05.012     Document Type: Article

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