"被束"的工作:自由激素假设重新审视
1Burns and Allen Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California, Los angeles, CA 90048, USA.
Cell
|September 7, 2005
概括
缺乏梅加林的动物,一个参与细胞吸收的受体,表现出对性类固醇激素的抵抗力. 这表明,美加林在调节这些重要激素的作用方面起着至关重要的作用.
科学领域:
- 内分泌学 在内分泌学.
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 梅加林是一种细胞表面受体,属于低密度脂蛋白受体相关蛋白 (LRP) 家族.
- LRP家族成员作为各种细胞外联体的内细胞受体起作用.
- 这项研究调查了梅加林与性类固醇激素作用有关的生理作用.
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