Characterization of the effects of prolactin in gonadotroph target cells

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1046-1055

  Hodson, David J ^a,b   Townsend, Julie ^a   Tortonese, Domingo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNOMIQUE FONCTIONNELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Fertility regulation; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Luteinizing hormone; Pituitary gland; Prolactin; Prolactin receptor

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; JANUS KINASE 2; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE C; STAT5 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPHS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; INFERTILITY; JANUS KINASE 2; KINETICS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; MICE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 78649912536     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.084947     Document Type: Article

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