Expression and roles of steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) protein in 'non-classical', extra-adrenal and extra-gonadal cells and tissues

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 371, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 47-61

  Anuka, Eli ^a   Gal, Michael ^b   Stocco, Douglas M ^c   Orly, Joseph ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

'Non classical' steroidogenic cells; Non steroidogenic StAR activity; StAR expression

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CHOLESTANETRIOL 26 MONOOXYGENASE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 11B1; GLUCOCORTICOID; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 2 GROUP F MEMBER 2 PROTEIN; OXYSTEROL; PREGNENOLONE; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR BI; STEROID HORMONE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENAL TUMOR; BRAIN REGION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FETUS LUNG; HEART; HUMAN; INTESTINE CELL; KERATINOCYTE; KIDNEY TUBULE; LIVER CANCER; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CARCINOMA; PANCREAS CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RETINA CELL; REVIEW; SEBACEOUS CELL; SKIN CELL; SKIN FUNCTION; STEROL SYNTHESIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADS; HUMANS; LIVER; MACROPHAGES; NEOPLASMS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; STEROIDS;

EID: 84876081311     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2013.02.003     Document Type: Review

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