Long-term application of diethylstilbestrol upregulates expressions of μ- and m-calpains in pituitary intermediate lobe of female Wistar rats

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 276-280

  Zhao, Weijiang ^a,b   Yuan, Fang ^a   Li, Guilin ^a   Shi, Zhongfang ^a,b   Cui, Yun ^a   Zhang, Yazhuo ^a   Wang, Zhongcheng ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calpains; Diethylstilbestrol; Intermediate lobe; Prolactin; Prolactinoma

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; SUNFLOWER OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STAINING; UPREGULATION; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 70349951217     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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