Interleukin-6 inhibits adrenal androgen release from bovine adrenal zona reticularis cells by inhibiting the expression of steroidogenic proteins

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 108-123

  McIlmoil, S ^a   Call, G B ^a   Barney, M ^a   Strickland, J ^a   Judd, A M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Androgen; Cytokine; Interleukin 6; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

ANDROGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; ZONA RETICULARIS;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; ZONA RETICULARIS;

EID: 84937821992     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2015.05.006     Document Type: Article

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