Novel expression of type 1 corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor in multiple endocrine cell types in the murine anterior pituitary

Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 260-267

  Westphal, Nicole J ^a,b   Evans, Ryan T ^b,c   Seasholtz, Audrey F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ACTH SECRETING CELL; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE CELL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TSH SECRETING CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 58149465737     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-0630     Document Type: Article

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