The calcium signaling pathway regulates leydig cell steroidogenesis through a transcriptional cascade involving the nuclear receptor NR4A1 and the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein

Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 511-520

  Abdou, Houssein S ^a   Villeneuve, Gabrielle ^a   Tremblay, Jacques J ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALMODULIN INHIBITOR; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NUR77; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN; RYANODINE RECEPTOR; STAR PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; HOMEOSTASIS; LEYDIG CELL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYCLIC AMP; DANTROLENE; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 4, GROUP A, MEMBER 1; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RYANODINE; RYANODINE RECEPTOR CALCIUM RELEASE CHANNEL;

EID: 84871708896     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-1767     Document Type: Article

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