Sex differences in the constitutive gene expression of sulfotransferases and UDP-glucuronosyltransferases in the pig liver: Androgen-mediated regulation

Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 192-197

  Kojima, Misaki ^a   Degawa, Masakuni ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen; Constitutive expression; Pig liver; Sex difference; Strain difference; Sulfotransferase; UDP glucuronosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A1; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A6; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 2B31; MESSENGER RNA; SULFOTRANSFERASE; SULFOTRANSFERASE 1A1; SULFOTRANSFERASE 2A1; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ISOENZYME;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LANDRACE PIG; LIVER; MALE; MEISHAN PIG; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SULT1A1 GENE; SULT2A1 GENE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UGT1A1 GENE; UGT1A6 GENE; UGT2B31 GENE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFICIENCY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; ORCHIECTOMY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SWINE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; ISOENZYMES; LIVER; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SULFOTRANSFERASES; SWINE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84901188192     PISSN: 13474367     EISSN: 18800920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2133/dmpk.DMPK-13-RG-086     Document Type: Article

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