Chronic exposure to anabolic steroids induces the muscle expression of oxytocin and a more than fifty fold increase in circulating oxytocin in cattle

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 467-478

  de Jager, Nadia ^a,b   Hudson, Nicholas J ^a,b   Reverter, Antonio ^a,b   Wang, Yong Hong ^a,b   Nagaraju, Shivashankar H ^b   Cafe, Linda M ^a   Greenwood, Paul L ^a   Barnard, Ross T ^b   Kongsuwan, Kritaya P ^b   Dalrymple, Brian P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bovine; Gene expression; Hormone growth promotant; Longissimus dorsi

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTRADIOL; GROWTH PROMOTOR; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; REVALOR H; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX8; TRENBOLONE ACETATE; TRENBOLONE ACETATE PLUS ESTRADIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VETERINARY DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG IMPLANT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LONGISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ESTRADIOL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYTOCIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRENBOLONE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 79956324111     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00226.2010     Document Type: Article

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