Crucial role reported for TSPO in viability and steroidogenesis is a misconception. commentary: Conditional steroidogenic cell-targeted deletion of TSPO unveils a crucial role in viability and hormone-dependent steroid formation

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 7, Issue JUL, 2016, Pages

  Selvaraj, Vimal ^a   Tu, Lan N ^a   Stocco, Douglas M ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Cholesterol; Embryonic lethality; Leydig cells; Lipid metabolism; Mitochondria; Steroid biosynthesis; Translocator protein TSPO

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOTROPIN;

AMHR2 GENE; CELL VIABILITY; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; CROSSING OVER; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; LHCGR GENE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCARB1 GENE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TSPO GENE;

EID: 84983070470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2016.00091     Document Type: Note

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