Dexamethasone acutely down-regulates genes involved in steroidogenesis in stallion testes

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 143, Issue , 2014, Pages 451-459

  Ing, Nancy H ^a   Forrest, David W ^a   Riggs, Penny K ^a   Loux, Shavahn ^a   Love, Charlie C ^b   Brinsko, Steven P ^b   Varner, Dickson D ^b   Welsh Jr , Thomas H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Glucocorticoid; Regulation of gene expression; Steroidogenesis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ 4; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE DERIVATIVE; AROMATASE; ATP SYNTHASE MITOCHONDRIAL F1 COMPLEX ASSEMBLY FACTOR 1; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DELTA 5 ANDROSTENEDIONE; DELTA 5 PREGNENE 3,20 DIONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ALPHA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE A2; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE A3; HYDROCORTISONE; I KAPPA B ALPHA; INSULIN LIKE 3 PROTEIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; RELAXIN LIKE FACTOR; SQUALENE MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID DELTA ISOMERASE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER AND BTB CONTAINING 16; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOMERIZATION; LEYDIG CELL; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; STALLION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; HORSE; METABOLISM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HORSES; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84904177179     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: 18791220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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