The opposite roles of glucocorticoid and α1-adrenergic receptors in stress triggered apoptosis of rat Leydig cells

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 304, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Andric, Silvana A ^a   Kojic, Zvezdana ^b   Bjelic, Maja M ^a   Mihajlovic, Aleksandar I ^a   Baburski, Aleksandar Z ^a   Sokanovic, Srdjan J ^a   Janjic, Marija M ^a   Stojkov, Natasa J ^a   Stojilkovic, Stanko S ^c   Kostic, Tatjana S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenaline; Apoptosis; Corticosterone; Immobilization stress; Leydig cells; Testis

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ANDROGEN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOCHROME C; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MIFEPRISTONE; PRAZOSIN; PROTEIN KINASE B; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROGEN RELEASE; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; CORTICOSTERONE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; IMMOBILIZATION; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84871867476     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00443.2012     Document Type: Article

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