Leptin alters adrenal responsiveness by decreasing expression of ACTH-R, StAR, and P450c21 in hypoxemic fetal sheep

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1075-1084

  Su, Yixin ^a   Carey, Luke C ^a   Rose, James C ^a   Pulgar, Victor M ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH R; adrenal responsiveness; leptin; StAR

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LEPTIN RECEPTOR A; LEPTIN RECEPTOR B; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INFUSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HYPOXIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SHEEP; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETAL HYPOXIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LEPTIN; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; SHEEP; STEROID 21-HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 84871598517     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719112442246     Document Type: Article

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