Progesterone enhances transthyretin expression in the rat choroid plexus in vitro and in vivo via progesterone receptor

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 152-158

  Quintela, Telma ^a   Gonçalves, Isabel ^a   Martinho, Ana ^a   Alves, Celso Henrique ^a   Saraiva, Maria João ^b   Rocha, Pedro ^a   Santos, Cecília Reis Alves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Choroid plexus; Estradiol; Progesterone; Progesterone receptor; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE; PREALBUMIN; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OVARIECTOMY; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOROID PLEXUS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIECTOMY; PREALBUMIN; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 80054082420     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: 15591166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-010-9398-x     Document Type: Article

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