Taenia crassiceps WFU cysticerci synthesize corticosteroids in vitro: Metyrapone regulates the production

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 409-414

  Valdez, R A ^a   Hinojosa, L ^a   Gomez Y ^c   Willms, K ^b   Romano, M C ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Glucocorticoids; Mineralocorticoids; Parasites; Taenia crassiceps cysticerci

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTODOXONE; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; METYRAPONE; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCUS (CESTODE LARVA); IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STEROIDOGENESIS; TAENIA CRASSICEPS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 84859888886     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.01.015     Document Type: Article

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