Regulation of sterol regulatory element-binding transcription factor 1a by human chorionic gonadotropin and insulin in cultured rat theca-interstitial cells

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 284-292

  Palaniappan, Murugesan ^a   Menon, K M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

INSIG1; Insulin; LH; Luteinizing hormone; Mvk; PCOS; SREBF1; Theca cells; Theca interstitial cells

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CELL PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; INSULIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; POTEIN INSIG1; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HMGCR GENE; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THECA CELL;

AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; AMP-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROGENS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTEROL; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDROXYCHOLESTEROLS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; INSULIN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1; THECA CELLS;

RATTUS;

EID: 68049129979     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.074351     Document Type: Article

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