The effect of midazolam on mouse Leydig cell steroidogenesis and apoptosis

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-178

  So, Edmund Cheung ^a,b,c   Chang, Ya Ting ^c   Hsing, Chung His ^a   Poon, Paul Wai Fung ^c   Leu, Sew Fen ^d   Huang, Bu Miin ^c  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

3 HSD; Cell death; Flumazenil (Anexate ); Leydig cell; Midazolam (Dormicum ); P450scc; PBR; PKA; PKC; StAR; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; FLUMAZENIL; MIDAZOLAM MALEATE; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TUMOR CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; FLUMAZENIL; GENE EXPRESSION; INDOLES; ISOQUINOLINES; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MALEIMIDES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MIDAZOLAM; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; STEROIDS; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 73749086960     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2009.10.017     Document Type: Article

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