Gonadotropin-releasing hormone positively regulates steroidogenesis via extracellular signal-regulated kinase in rat Leydig cells

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 438-445

  Yao, Bing ^a   Liu, Hai Yan ^a,b   Gu, Yu Chun ^c   Shi, Shan Shan ^a,b   Tao, Xiao Qian ^a,b   Li, Xiao Jun ^a   Ge, Yi Feng ^a   Cui, Ying Xia ^a   Yang, Guo Bin ^a  

^a JINLING HOSPITAL   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 HSD; ERK1 2; GnRH; JNK; Leydig cell; p38

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FLAVONOIDS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; RATS; TESTOSTERONE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 79955655093     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2010.158     Document Type: Article

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