Estrogen-Induced maldevelopment of the penis involves down-regulation of myosin heavy chain 11 (MYH11) expression, a biomarker for smooth muscle cell differentiation

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Okumu, L A ^a   Bruinton, Sequoia ^a   Braden, Tim D ^b   Simon, Liz ^a   Goyal, Hari O ^a  

^a TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Estrogen; Microarray; MYH11; Penis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANGIOPOIETIN 2; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FULVESTRANT; MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN 11; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PENIS DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DOWN-REGULATION; ESTRADIOL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PENIS; RATS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84869466353     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.112.103556     Document Type: Article

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