Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α is constitutively expressed in murine Leydig cells axnd regulates 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 prometer activity

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 146-156

  Lysiak, Jeffrey J ^a   Kirby, Jennifer L ^a   Tremblay, Jacques J ^b   Woodson, Robin I ^a   Reardon, Michael A ^a   Palmer, Lisa A ^a   Turner, Terry T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eteroidogenesis; Reproductive tract; Testis

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 1; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CELL; LEYDIG CELL; LIVER CELL; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TESTIS CELL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL HYPOXIA; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 62649142374     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.108.006155     Document Type: Article

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