Novel action of pituitary urocortin 2 in the regulation of expression and secretion of gonadotropins

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-114

  Nemoto, Takahiro ^a   Yamauchi, Naoko ^a   Shibasaki, Tamotsu ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISAUVAGINE 30; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROCORTIN II; UROCORTIN II ANTIBODY; ANTIBODY; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; UROCORTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MENARCHE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; HELA CELLS; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MALE; MENARCHE; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SECRETORY PATHWAY; UROCORTINS;

EID: 67651047191     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-08-0467     Document Type: Article

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