Dehydroepiandrosterone-sulphate (DHEA-S) promotes neuroendocrine differentiation of chromaffin pheochromocytoma PC12 cells

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 300, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 126-131

  Krug, Alexander W ^a   Langbein, Heike ^a   Ziegler, Christian G ^a   Bornstein, Stefan R ^a   Eisenhofer, Graeme ^a   Ehrhart Bornstein, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA S); Mitogen activated protein kinases ERK1 2; Nerve growth factor (NGF); Pheochromocytoma PC12 cells

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATECHOLAMINE; CHROMOGRANIN A; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CHROMAFFIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HORMONE INHIBITION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SYNAPTOSOME;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOGRANIN A; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DOPAMINE; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PC12 CELLS; RATS; SYNAPTOSOMAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25;

EID: 59649092531     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2008.10.026     Document Type: Article

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