Cytochrome b5 expression in gonadectomy-induced adrenocortical neoplasms of the domestic ferret (Mustela putorius furo)

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 439-442

  Wagner, S ^a,b   Kiupel, M ^d   Peterson, R A ^c   Heikinheimo, M ^a,e   Wilson, D B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MANNHEIM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex neoplasms; Ferrets; Luteinizing hormone receptors; Mustelidae; Orchiectomy; Ovariectomy; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

MUSTELA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; MUSTELIDAE;

CYTOCHROME B5; INHIBIN; INHIBIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; INHIBIN-ALPHA SUBUNIT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FERRET; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UPREGULATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICAL CARCINOMA; ANIMALS; CYTOCHROMES B5; FEMALE; FERRETS; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBINS; MALE; RECEPTORS, LH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 54749107643     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.45-4-439     Document Type: Article

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