Regulation of pituitary MT1 melatonin receptor expression by gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and early growth response factor-1 (Egr-1): In vivo and in vitro studies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Bae, Sung Eun ^a   Wright, Ian K ^a   Wyse, Cathy ^b,c   Samson Desvignes, Nathalie ^d   Le Blanc, Pascale ^d   Laroche, Serge ^d   Hazlerigg, David G ^b,e   Johnston, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CETRORELIX; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; HOMEOBOX PROTEIN PITX1; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EGR 1 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; MT1 GENE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CHLOROCEBUS AETHIOPS; COS 1 CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS; METABOLISM; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPHS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MICE; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PITUITARY GLAND; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT1; RECEPTORS, LHRH; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84899096781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090056     Document Type: Article

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