Hormonal Regulation of MicroRNA Expression in Steroid Producing Cells of the Ovary, Testis and Adrenal Gland

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Hu, Zhigang ^a,b   Shen, Wen Jun ^a,b   Cortez, Yuan ^a   Tang, Xudong ^a,b   Liu, Li Fen ^a,b   Kraemer, Fredric B ^a,b   Azhar, Salman ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

17ALPHA ESTRADIOL; CORTICOTROPIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 122; MICRORNA 132; MICRORNA 138; MICRORNA 182; MICRORNA 183; MICRORNA 19A; MICRORNA 200B; MICRORNA 212; MICRORNA 214; MICRORNA 27A; MICRORNA 466B; MICRORNA 503; MICRORNA 96; RNA; STEROID; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; LEYDIG CELL; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY CELL; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS CELL; UPREGULATION;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICRORNAS; OVARY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS;

EID: 84886606221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078040     Document Type: Article

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