Ghrelin and obestatin inhibit enucleation-induced adrenocortical proliferation in the rat

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 793-800

  Rucinski, Marcin ^a   Trejter, Marcin ^a   Ziolkowska, Agnieszka ^a   Tyczewska, Marianna ^a   Malendowicz, Ludwik K ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adrenocortical regeneration; Aldosterone; Corticosterone; Ghrelin; Mitotic index; Obestatin; Proliferation; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOSTERONE; GHRELIN; MESSENGER RNA; OBESTATIN; PROTEIN BAX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR JUNB; VINCRISTINE;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ADRENAL GLAND; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENUCLEATION; GENE CONTROL; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MITOSIS INDEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ALDOSTERONE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORTICOSTERONE; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GHRELIN; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE HORMONES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGENERATION;

EID: 77951699753     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm_00000406     Document Type: Article

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