Prolactin Signalling in the Mouse Hypothalamus is Primarily Mediated by Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription Factor 5b but not 5a

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1484-1491

  Yip, S H ^a   Eguchi, R ^a   Grattan, D R ^a   Bunn, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Prolactin; STAT5 phosphorylation; STAT5a; STAT5b

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; PROLACTIN; STAT5A PROTEIN; STAT5B PROTEIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT5 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84869812790     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2012.02357.x     Document Type: Article

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