ERK signaling, but not c-Raf, is required for Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH)-induced regulation of Nur77 in pituitary gonadotropes

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 700-711

  Bliss, Stuart P ^a   Navratil, Amy M ^a   Xie, Jianjun ^a   Miller, Andrew ^b   Baccarini, Manuela ^c   Roberson, Mark S ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NUR77; PROTEIN KINASE C; RAF PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONADORELIN TEST; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MICE; NIH 3T3 CELLS; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 4, GROUP A, MEMBER 1; PITUITARY GLAND; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RAF; RABBITS; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84856085051     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2011-0247     Document Type: Article

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