Androgens upregulate cyp19a1b (aromatase B) gene expression in the brain of zebrafish (Danio rerio) through estrogen receptors

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 889-896

  Mouriec, Karen ^a   Gueguen, Marie Madeleine ^a   Manuel, Christelle ^a   Percevault, Frédéric ^a   Thieulant, Marie Lise ^a   Pakdel, Farzad ^a   Kah, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Aromatase; Beta diol; Brain; Central nervous system; cyp19a1b; Dihydrotestosterone; Estradiol; Estradiol receptor; Radial glial cell; Testosterone; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

5 ALPHA ANDROSTANE 3BETA,17 BETA DIOL; 5 ALPHA DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTIESTROGEN; AROMATASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL LINE; EMBRYO; ESTROGEN RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; UPREGULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CELL LINE; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; LARVA; LUCIFERASES; NEUROGLIA; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSFECTION; UP-REGULATION; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 65949111058     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.073643     Document Type: Article

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