Deletion of the bis gene results in a marked increase in the production of corticosterone that is associated with thymic atrophy in mice

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 301, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Youn, Dong Ye ^a   Yoon, Jung Sook ^a   Kim, Yong Kwan ^a   Yeum, Chung Eun ^a   Lee, Seong Beom ^a   Youn, Ho Joong ^a   Tsujimoto, Yoshihide ^b   Lee, Jeong Hwa ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Steroidogenesis; Thymus involution

Indexed keywords

BIS PROTEIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOSE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DIET RESTRICTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE DELETION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS ATROPHY; WILD TYPE;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; CARRIER PROTEINS; CORTICOSTERONE; GENE DELETION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; STARVATION; THYMUS GLAND; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 79959596691     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00604.2010     Document Type: Article

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