Current status and future perspectives: TSPO in steroid neuroendocrinology

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-30

  Selvaraj, Vimal ^a   Tu, Lan N ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Cholesterol; Hormone; Inflammation; Mitochondria; Nervous system; Neurosteroid; Spinal cord; Steroid

Indexed keywords

4' CHLORODIAZEPAM; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CHOLESTEROL; DIAZEPAM; EMAPUNIL; INDOLEACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY TRANSITION PORE; N SEC BUTYL 1 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) N METHYL 3 ISOQUINOLINECARBOXAMIDE; NEUROSTEROID; OCTADECANEUROPEPTIDE; ONO 2952; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; PROTOPORPHYRIN; STEROID HORMONE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TRANSLOCATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; GABAERGIC RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; TSPO PROTEIN, HUMAN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG TARGETING; GENE SILENCING; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEROIDOGENESIS; DRUG EFFECTS; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; TRENDS;

GABA AGENTS; HUMANS; NEUROENDOCRINE CELLS; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RECEPTORS, GABA;

EID: 84991491411     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JOE-16-0241     Document Type: Review

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