Dynamic responses of the adrenal steroidogenic regulatory network

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 31, 2017, Pages E6466-E6474

  Spiga, Francesca ^a   Zavala, Eder ^b   Walker, Jamie J ^a,b   Zhao, Zidong ^a   Terry, John R ^b   Lightman, Stafford L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Glucocorticoids; Mathematical modeling; Steroidogenesis; Stress response

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOKINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; STEROIDOGENIC REGULATORY NETWORK; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 85026518597     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1703779114     Document Type: Article

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