Follistatin gene expression by gonadotropin-releasing hormone: A role for cyclic AMP and mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathways in clonal gonadotroph LβT2 cells

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 125-132

  Mutiara, Sandra ^a   Kanasaki, Haruhiko ^a   Oride, Aki ^a   Purwana, Indri N ^a   Shimasaki, Shunichi ^b   Yamamoto, Hideyuki ^c   Miyazaki, Kohji ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Follistatin; FSH ; Gonadotroph; L T2; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; 8 (4 CHLOROPHENYLTHIO) CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP; FOLLISTATIN; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GONADORELIN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE KINASE; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CELL LINE; CLONE CELLS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; FOLLISTATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPHS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASES; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; THIONUCLEOTIDES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67349152280     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2009.02.030     Document Type: Article

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