Functional expression of the thyrotropin receptor in C cells: New insights into their involvement in the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 150-158

  Morillo Bernal, Jesús ^a   Fernández Santos, José M ^a   Utrilla, José C ^a   De Miguel, Manuel ^a   García Marín, Rocío ^a   Martín Lacave, Inés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

C cells; Follicular cells; Hypothalamic pituitary thyroidaxis; Thyroid; Thyrotropin receptor

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; MESSENGER RNA; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; STEADY STATE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CELL LINE; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; RATS; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN;

RATTUS;

EID: 67949120529     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01095.x     Document Type: Article

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