Adiponectin (15-36) stimulates steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) protein expression and cortisol production in human adrenocortical cells: Role of AMPK and MAPK kinase pathways

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research

Volumn 1813, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 802-809

  Ramanjaneya, Manjunath ^a   Conner, Alex C ^a   Brown, James E P ^b   Chen, Jing ^a   Digby, Janet E ^c   Barber, Thomas M ^a   Lehnert, Hendrik ^a   Randeva, Harpal S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adiponectin; AMPK; Cortisol; MAPK; StAR; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE KINASE; ADIPONECTIN; ADIPONECTIN RECEPTOR; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CYTOCHROME P450 17; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADIPONECTIN; ADRENAL CORTEX; AMP-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RECEPTORS, ADIPONECTIN; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955690235     PISSN: 01674889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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