Adrenocortical responsiveness to adrenocorticotropin: StAR is ascendant

Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2509-2511

  Wilkinson, Charles W ^a,b,c  

^a GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 2; LEPTIN; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; OREXIN; SECRETORY PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SOMATOMEDIN C; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; ENERGY BALANCE; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; KIDNEY CORTEX; MONKEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SHORT SURVEY; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CEBUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 66649083473     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2009-0303     Document Type: Short Survey

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