Sex-related gene expression profiles in the adrenal cortex in the mature rat: Microarray analysis with emphasis on genes involved in steroidogenesis

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 702-714

  Trejter, Marcin ^a   Hochol, Anna ^a   Tyczewska, Marianna ^a   Ziolkowska, Agnieszka ^a   Jopek, Karol ^a   Szyszka, Marta ^a   Malendowicz, Ludwik K ^a   Rucinski, Marcin ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Functional annotation clustering; Gene profiling; Rat; Sex differences; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME P450 11B1; DIHYDROPYRIMIDINE DEHYDROGENASE; HORMONE SENSITIVE LIPASE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE 1; MUCIN 4; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1; OREXIN 2 RECEPTOR; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; OXYGENASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 2; SQUALENE MONOOXYGENASE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 3; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; STEROID; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROID METABOLISM; STEROIDOGENESIS; ZONA FASCICULATA; ZONA GLOMERULOSA; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; STEROIDS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84921806138     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2015.2064     Document Type: Article

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