Novel markers of gonadectomy-induced adrenocortical neoplasia in the mouse and ferret

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 399, Issue , 2015, Pages 122-130

  Schillebeeckx, Maximiliaan ^a   Pihlajoki, Marjut ^a,b   Gretzinger, Elisabeth ^a,c   Yang, Wei ^a   Thol, Franziska ^a,c   Hiller, Theresa ^a,c   Löbs, Ann Kathrin ^a,c   Röhrig, Theresa ^a,c   Schrade, Anja ^a,b   Cochran, Rebecca ^a   Jay, Patrick Y ^a   Heikinheimo, Markku ^a,b   Mitra, Robi D ^a   Wilson, David B ^a  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI AND HELSINKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Endocrine tumor; Gonadotropin; Ovariectomy; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; SEX HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 6; TUMOR MARKER; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DBA 2 MOUSE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA METHYLATION; DOMESTIC FERRET; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; GONADECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; MARKER GENE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARIECTOMY; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOMATIC CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS; UPREGULATION; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; FERRET; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; ORCHIECTOMY; PATHOLOGY;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; FEMALE; FERRETS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MALE; MICE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84908568333     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2014.09.029     Document Type: Article

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