Development of adrenal cortical zonation and expression of key elements of adrenal androgen production in the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) from birth to adulthood

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 387, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 35-43

  Parker, C R ^a   Grizzle, W E ^b   Blevins, J K ^c   Hawkes, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal androgens; Adrenal development; Adrenal gland; Adrenal zonation; Adrenarche; Chimpanzee

Indexed keywords

3 BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROGEN; CYTOCHROME B5; CYTOCHROME P450 17; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN SULT2A1; SULFOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALCOHOL SULFOTRANSFERASE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ZONA FASCICULATA; ZONA GLOMERULOSA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CYTOCHROMES B5; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; SULFOTRANSFERASES; ZONA FASCICULATA; ZONA GLOMERULOSA; ZONA RETICULARIS;

EID: 84895746991     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2014.02.010     Document Type: Article

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