Cortisol induces aromatase expression in human placental syncytiotrophoblasts through the cAMP/Sp1 pathway

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2012-2022

  Wang, Wangsheng ^a   Li, Jianneng ^a   Ge, Yuchun ^b   Li, Wenjiao ^c   Shu, Qun ^c   Guan, Haiyan ^d   Yang, Kaiping ^d   Myatt, Leslie ^e   Sun, Kang ^a,e  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c Maternity and Infant Health Hospital of Changning District   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYCLIC AMP; ESTROGEN; HISTONE H3; HYDROCORTISONE; MITHRAMYCIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME BINDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METHYLATION; MYOMETRIUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

AROMATASE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC AMP; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HISTONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLATION; PARTURITION; PLACENTA; PLICAMYCIN; PREGNANCY; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84859387985     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2011-1626     Document Type: Article

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