Gender-related differences in the effects of antidepressant imipramine on glucocorticoid receptor binding properties and association with heat shock proteins in the rat liver and kidney

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 608, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 7-13

  Elaković, Ivana ^a   Brkljačić, Jelena ^a   Matić, Gordana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Gender difference; Glucocorticoid receptor; Imipramine; Kidney; Liver

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; IMIPRAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CELL; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; LIVER CELL; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RADIOASSAY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; FEMALE; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HSP90 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; IMIPRAMINE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 63149100329     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2009.02.038     Document Type: Article

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