Regulation of estradiol and progesterone production by CRH-R1 and -R2 is through divergent signaling pathways in cultured human placental trophoblasts

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 4918-4928

  Gao, Lu ^a   Tao, Yi ^c   Hu, Tianxiao ^a   Liu, Weina ^a   Xu, Chen ^a   Liu, Jie ^b   You, Xingji ^a   Gu, Hang ^b   Ni, Xin ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TENTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL OF TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 [[6 (3 METHOXYESTRA 1,3,5(10) TRIEN 17BETA YL)AMINO]HEXYL] 1H PYRROLE 2,5 DIONE; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANTALARMIN; ASTRESSIN; ASTRESSIN 2B; CHELERYTHRINE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; PHOSPHOLIPASE C BETA3; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROCORTIN I;

ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLAST;

ADULT; BENZOPHENANTHRIDINES; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRADIOL; ESTRENES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PYRIMIDINES; PYRROLES; PYRROLIDINONES; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84866748682     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-1453     Document Type: Article

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