List of works by Peter Thomas

Activation of a pertussis toxin-sensitive, inhibitory G-protein is necessary for steroid-mediated oocyte maturation in spotted seatrout

scientific article published in September 2005

Activation of the Pi3k/Akt pathway and modulation of phosphodiesterase activity via membrane progestin receptor-alpha (mPRalpha) regulate progestin-initiated sperm hypermotility in Atlantic croaker

scientific article published on 2 April 2014

Additive effects of low concentrations of estradiol-17β and progesterone on nitric oxide production by human vascular endothelial cells through shared signaling pathways.

scientific article published on 28 June 2016

Anatomical location and redistribution of G protein-coupled estrogen receptor-1 during the estrus cycle in mouse kidney and specific binding to estrogens but not aldosterone.

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Androgens inhibit estradiol-17beta synthesis in Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) ovaries by a nongenomic mechanism initiated at the cell surface

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Androgens regulate follicle stage-dependent pro- and anti-apoptosis in teleost ovaries through ZIP9 activation of different G proteins†

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Anti-apoptotic Actions of Allopregnanolone and Ganaxolone Mediated Through Membrane Progesterone Receptors (PAQRs) in Neuronal Cells

scientific article published on 24 June 2020

Aroclor 1254 inhibits tryptophan hydroxylase activity in rat brain

scientific article published on 28 February 2004

Assessment of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α mRNA expression in mantis shrimp as a biomarker of environmental hypoxia exposure

scientific article published on 26 October 2011

Binding and activation of the seven-transmembrane estrogen receptor GPR30 by environmental estrogens: a potential novel mechanism of endocrine disruption

scientific article published on 7 November 2006

Binding characteristics, hormonal regulation and identity of the sperm membrane progestin receptor in Atlantic croaker

scientific article published on 23 March 2005

Biochemical characterization of a membrane androgen receptor in the ovary of the atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus).

scientific article published on 25 February 2004

Biochemical characterization of the Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) ovarian progestin membrane receptor.

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Bisphenol A and Related Alkylphenols Exert Nongenomic Estrogenic Actions Through a G Protein-Coupled Estrogen Receptor 1 (Gper)/Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (Egfr) Pathway to Inhibit Meiotic Maturation of Zebrafish Oocytes

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Candidates for membrane progestin receptors--past approaches and future challenges

scientific article published on 15 June 2008

Cell-surface expression, progestin binding, and rapid nongenomic signaling of zebrafish membrane progestin receptors alpha and beta in transfected cells

scientific article published on August 2006

Changes in homologous and heterologous gap junction contacts during maturation-inducing hormone-dependent meiotic resumption in ovarian follicles of Atlantic croaker ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2003

Characteristics of membrane progestin receptor alpha (mPRalpha) and progesterone membrane receptor component 1 (PGMRC1) and their roles in mediating rapid progestin actions

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Characterization and expression of the nuclear progestin receptor in zebrafish gonads and brain

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Characterization of membrane receptor binding activity for cortisol in the liver and kidney of the euryhaline teleost, Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus).

scientific article published on 11 July 2013

Characterization of multiple membrane progestin receptor (mPR) subtypes from the goldfish ovary and their roles in the induction of oocyte maturation

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Characterization of putative ligands for a fish gonadal androgen receptor in a pulp mill effluent.

scientific article published in February 2006

Characterization of three IGFBP mRNAs in Atlantic croaker and their regulation during hypoxic stress: potential mechanisms of their upregulation by hypoxia

scientific article published on 5 July 2011

Characterization, neurosteroid binding and brain distribution of human membrane progesterone receptors δ and {epsilon} (mPRδ and mPR{epsilon}) and mPRδ involvement in neurosteroid inhibition of apoptosis

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Chronic hypoxia impairs gamete maturation in Atlantic croaker induced by progestins through nongenomic mechanisms resulting in reduced reproductive success.

scientific article published in June 2009

Cloning and identification of a membrane progestin receptor in goldfish ovaries and evidence it is an intermediary in oocyte meiotic maturation

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Cloning, expression, and characterization of a membrane progestin receptor and evidence it is an intermediary in meiotic maturation of fish oocytes

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Comparison between steroid binding to membrane progesterone receptor alpha (mPRalpha) and to nuclear progesterone receptor: correlation with physicochemical properties assessed by comparative molecular field analysis and identification of mPRalpha-s

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Crucial cross-talk of interleukin-1β and progesterone in human choriocarcinoma

scientific article published on 27 January 2012

Disruption of rapid, nongenomic steroid actions by environmental chemicals: interference with progestin stimulation of sperm motility in Atlantic croaker

scientific article published in December 2004

Distribution and estrogen regulation of membrane progesterone receptor-β in the female rat brain

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Distribution and hormonal regulation of membrane progesterone receptors beta and gamma in ciliated epithelial cells of mouse and human fallopian tubes

scientific article published on 28 August 2009

Dual role of IGF-II in oocyte maturation in southern flounder Paralichthys lethostigma: up-regulation of mPRα and resumption of meiosis

scientific article published on 23 April 2012

Effects of external pH on hormonally regulated ovarian follicle maturation and ovulation in Atlantic croaker

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Effects of hypoxia exposure on apoptosis and expression of membrane steroid receptors, ZIP9, mPRα, and GPER in Atlantic croaker ovaries

scientific article published on 17 July 2018

Effects of hypoxia exposure on hepatic cytochrome P450 1A (CYP1A) expression in Atlantic croaker: molecular mechanisms of CYP1A down-regulation

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Effects of the maturation-inducing steroid on LH secretion and the GnRH system at different stages of the gonadal cycle in Atlantic croaker

scientific article published in May 2002

Elevated estradiol-17β levels inhibit final oocyte maturation via G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (Gper) in yellowfin porgy, Acanthopagrus latus

scientific article published on 19 August 2020

Enhancement of cell surface expression and receptor functions of membrane progestin receptor α (mPRα) by progesterone receptor membrane component 1 (PGRMC1): evidence for a role of PGRMC1 as an adaptor protein for steroid receptors

scientific article published on January 2014

Estradiol-induced desensitization of 5-HT1A receptor signaling in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus is independent of estrogen receptor-beta

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Estrogen signaling characteristics of Atlantic croaker G protein-coupled receptor 30 (GPR30) and evidence it is involved in maintenance of oocyte meiotic arrest

scientific article published on 17 April 2008

Expression and gonadotropin regulation of membrane progestin receptor alpha in Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) gonads: role in gamete maturation

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Expression of membrane and nuclear progesterone receptors in two human placental choriocarcinoma cell lines (JEG-3 and BeWo): Effects of syncytialization.

scientific article published on 23 March 2011

Expression of membrane progesterone receptors (mPR/PAQR) in ovarian cancer cells: implications for progesterone-induced signaling events

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Expression of membrane progesterone receptors (mPRs) in rat peripheral glial cell membranes and their potential role in the modulation of cell migration and protein expression.

scientific article published on 26 September 2017

Extensive reproductive disruption, ovarian masculinization and aromatase suppression in Atlantic croaker in the northern Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone.

scientific article published on 25 May 2011

Functional characteristics of membrane progestin receptor alpha (mPRalpha) subtypes: a review with new data showing mPRalpha expression in seatrout sperm and its association with sperm motility

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G-protein coupled estrogen receptor 1 expression in rat and human heart: Protective role during ischaemic stress.

scientific article published in August 2010

GPR30: a seven-transmembrane-spanning estrogen receptor that triggers EGF release

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Gonadotropin regulation of testosterone production by primary cultured theca and granulosa cells of Atlantic croaker: I. Novel role of CaMKs and interactions between calcium- and adenylyl cyclase-dependent pathways

scientific article published on 20 March 2006

Gonadotropin regulation of testosterone production by primary cultured theca and granulosa cells of Atlantic croaker: II. Involvement of a mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway

scientific article published on 20 March 2006

Hydroxylation of bisphenol A by hyper lignin-degrading fungus Phanerochaete sordida YK-624 under non-ligninolytic condition.

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Identification and characterization of a progestin and adipoQ receptor (PAQR) structurally related to Paqr7 in the ovary of Cynoglossus semilaevis and its potential role in regulating oocyte maturation

scientific article published on 20 August 2016

Identification and characterization of membrane androgen receptors in the ZIP9 zinc transporter subfamily: I. Discovery in female atlantic croaker and evidence ZIP9 mediates testosterone-induced apoptosis of ovarian follicle cells

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Identification and characterization of membrane androgen receptors in the ZIP9 zinc transporter subfamily: II. Role of human ZIP9 in testosterone-induced prostate and breast cancer cell apoptosis.

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Identification of 17,20beta,21-trihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one as an oocyte maturation-inducing steroid in black porgy, Acanthopagrus schlegeli

scientific article published on 15 December 2004

Identification of 17,20β,21-trihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one (20β-S) receptor binding and membrane progestin receptor alpha on southern flounder sperm (Paralichthys lethostigma) and their likely role in 20β-S stimulation of sperm hypermotility

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Identification of membrane progestin receptors in human breast cancer cell lines and biopsies and their potential involvement in breast cancer

scientific article published on 8 December 2006

Identification, classification, and partial characterization of genes in humans and other vertebrates homologous to a fish membrane progestin receptor

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Impaired gamete production and viability in Atlantic croaker collected throughout the 20,000 km(2) hypoxic region in the northern Gulf of Mexico

scientific article published on 4 November 2015

Induction of sperm hypermotility through membrane progestin receptor alpha (mPRα): A teleost model of rapid, multifaceted, nongenomic progestin signaling

scientific article published on 07 December 2018

Interactions of diethylstilbestrol (DES) and DES analogs with membrane progestin receptor-alpha and the correlation with their nongenomic progestin activities

scientific article published on 19 April 2007

Interactive effects of hypoxia and PCB co-exposure on expression of CYP1A and its potential regulators in Atlantic croaker liver.

scientific article published on 8 January 2018

Interactive effects of hypoxia with estradiol-17β on tryptophan hydroxylase activity and serotonin levels in the Atlantic croaker hypothalamus

scientific article published on 13 March 2013

Interference by atrazine and bisphenol-A with progestin binding to the ovarian progestin membrane receptor and induction of oocyte maturation in Atlantic croaker

scientific article published on 26 February 2008

Internalisation of membrane progesterone receptor-α after treatment with progesterone: Potential involvement of a clathrin-dependent pathway.

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Involvement of calcium and calmodulin in the regulation of ovarian steroidogenesis in Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) and modulation by Aroclor 1254.

scientific article published on 15 August 2005

Involvement of epidermal growth factor receptor signaling in estrogen inhibition of oocyte maturation mediated through the G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (Gper) in zebrafish (Danio rerio).

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Involvement of epidermal growth factor receptors and mitogen-activated protein kinase in progestin-induction of sperm hypermotility in Atlantic croaker through membrane progestin receptor-alpha.

scientific article published on 25 June 2015

Involvement of estradiol-17beta and its membrane receptor, G protein coupled receptor 30 (GPR30) in regulation of oocyte maturation in zebrafish, Danio rario

scientific article published on 11 October 2008

Isolation, cloning, and expression of three prepro-GnRH mRNAs in Atlantic croaker brain and pituitary

scientific article published in August 2005

Membrane Androgen Receptor ZIP9 Induces Croaker Ovarian Cell Apoptosis via Stimulatory G Protein Alpha Subunit and MAP Kinase Signaling

scientific article published on 16 June 2017

Membrane Androgen Receptors Unrelated to Nuclear Steroid Receptors

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Membrane Progesterone Receptors (mPRs/PAQRs) Differently Regulate Migration, Proliferation, and Differentiation in Rat Schwann Cells

scientific article published on 20 November 2019

Membrane androgen receptor characteristics of human ZIP9 (SLC39A) zinc transporter in prostate cancer cells: Androgen-specific activation and involvement of an inhibitory G protein in zinc and MAP kinase signaling

scientific article published on 17 February 2017

Membrane progesterone receptor gamma: tissue distribution and expression in ciliated cells in the fallopian tube

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Membrane progesterone receptors (mPRs) mediate progestin induced antimorbidity in breast cancer cells and are expressed in human breast tumors

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Membrane progesterone receptors (mPRs/PAQRs) in Schwann cells represent a promising target for the promotion of neuroregeneration

scientific article published on 01 February 2021

Membrane progesterone receptors β and γ have potential as prognostic biomarkers of endometrial cancer

scientific article published on 15 January 2018

Membrane progesterone receptors: evidence for neuroprotective, neurosteroid signaling and neuroendocrine functions in neuronal cells

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Membrane progestin receptor alpha mediates progestin-induced sperm hypermotility and increased fertilization success in southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma).

scientific article published on 11 February 2014

Metabolism of bisphenol A by hyper lignin-degrading fungus Phanerochaete sordida YK-624 under non-ligninolytic condition.

scientific article published on 26 February 2014

Minireview: G protein-coupled estrogen receptor-1, GPER-1: its mechanism of action and role in female reproductive cancer, renal and vascular physiology

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Modeling the Population Effects of Hypoxia on Atlantic Croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico: Part 1—Model Description and Idealized Hypoxia

Modeling the Population Effects of Hypoxia on Atlantic Croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico: Part 2—Realistic Hypoxia and Eutrophication

Modeling vitellogenesis in female fish exposed to environmental stressors: predicting the effects of endocrine disturbance due to exposure to a PCB mixture and cadmium.

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Molecular and biochemical responses of hypoxia exposure in Atlantic croaker collected from hypoxic regions in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

scientific article published on 8 September 2017

Molecular characterization and expression of arginine vasotocin V1a2 receptor in Atlantic croaker brain: Potential mechanisms of its downregulation by PCB77

scientific article published on 27 March 2020

Molecular characterization and hypoxia-induced upregulation of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in Atlantic croaker: Reversal by antioxidant and estrogen treatments

scientific article published on 2 April 2015

Molecular characterization of three forms of putative membrane-bound progestin receptors and their tissue-distribution in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus

scientific article published in June 2005

Molecular cloning and characterization of a nuclear androgen receptor activated by 11-ketotestosterone

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Molecular cloning and characterization of two ARNT (ARNT-1 and ARNT-2) genes in Atlantic croaker and their expression during coexposure to hypoxia and PCB77

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Molecular cloning, characterization and expression of two hypoxia-inducible factor alpha subunits, HIF-1alpha and HIF-2alpha, in a hypoxia-tolerant marine teleost, Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus).

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Multiple rapid progestin actions and progestin membrane receptor subtypes in fish

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New insights into progesterone actions on prolactin secretion and prolactinoma development

scientific article published on 12 September 2019

Novel mechanism of endocrine disruption by fungicides through binding to the membrane androgen receptor, ZIP9 (SLC39A9), and antagonizing rapid testosterone induction of the intrinsic apoptotic pathway

scientific article published on 30 May 2019

PCB congener-specific disruption of reproductive neuroendocrine function in Atlantic croaker.

scientific article published on 18 April 2006

Pgrmc1 Knockout Impairs Oocyte Maturation in Zebrafish

Progesterone effects on lymphocytes may be mediated by membrane progesterone receptors

scientific article published on 17 June 2012

Progesterone increases nitric oxide synthesis in human vascular endothelial cells through activation of membrane progesterone receptor-α.

scientific article published on 24 March 2015

Progesterone induces relaxation of human umbilical cord vascular smooth muscle cells through mPRα (PAQR7).

scientific article published on 8 February 2018

Progesterone receptor A (PRA) and PRB-independent effects of progesterone on gonadotropin-releasing hormone release

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Progesterone signaling in human myometrium through two novel membrane G protein-coupled receptors: potential role in functional progesterone withdrawal at term

scientific article published on 16 February 2006

Progesterone signals through membrane progesterone receptors (mPRs) in MDA-MB-468 and mPR-transfected MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells which lack full-length and N-terminally truncated isoforms of the nuclear progesterone receptor

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Progestin membrane receptors involved in the meiotic maturation of teleost oocytes: a review with some new findings

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Progestin signaling through an olfactory G protein and membrane progestin receptor-alpha in Atlantic croaker sperm: potential role in induction of sperm hypermotility

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Progestin signaling through mPRα in Atlantic croaker granulosa/theca cell cocultures and its involvement in progestin inhibition of apoptosis

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Progestin, estrogen and androgen G-protein coupled receptors in fish gonads.

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Protective actions of progesterone in the cardiovascular system: potential role of membrane progesterone receptors (mPRs) in mediating rapid effects

scientific article published on 25 January 2013

Rapid steroid hormone actions initiated at the cell surface and the receptors that mediate them with an emphasis on recent progress in fish models

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Region-wide impairment of Atlantic croaker testicular development and sperm production in the northern Gulf of Mexico hypoxic dead zone

scientific article published on 25 October 2009

Regulation of androgen receptors in Atlantic croaker brains by testosterone and estradiol

scientific article published in October 2002

Reprint of "Role of G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER/GPR30) in maintenance of meiotic arrest in fish oocytes".

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Reproductive endocrine dysfunction in Atlantic croaker exposed to hypoxia

scientific article published on 18 April 2006

Reproductive seasonality of the male Florida gar, Lepisosteus platyrhincus ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2003

Restoration of tryptophan hydroxylase functions and serotonin content in the Atlantic croaker hypothalamus by antioxidant treatment during hypoxic stress

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Role of ERβ and GPR30 in the endocrine pancreas: A matter of estrogen dose

scientific article published on 28 January 2012

Role of G protein-coupled estrogen receptor 1, GPER, in inhibition of oocyte maturation by endogenous estrogens in zebrafish

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Role of G-protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER/GPR30) in maintenance of meiotic arrest in fish oocytes

scientific article published on 19 December 2016

Role of Pgrmc1 in estrogen maintenance of meiotic arrest in zebrafish oocytes through Gper/Egfr

scientific article published on 26 February 2015

Role of arachidonic acid and protein kinase C during maturation-inducing hormone-dependent meiotic resumption and ovulation in ovarian follicles of Atlantic croaker

scientific article published in February 2003

Role of mPRα (PAQR7) in progesterone-induced Ca2+ decrease in human vascular smooth muscle cells

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Role of natriuretic peptide receptor 2-mediated signaling in meiotic arrest of zebrafish oocytes and its estrogen regulation through G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (Gper)

scientific article published on 22 March 2018

Roles of progesterone receptor membrane component 1 and membrane progestin receptor alpha in regulation of zebrafish oocyte maturation

scientific article published on 09 April 2018

Steroid and G protein binding characteristics of the seatrout and human progestin membrane receptor alpha subtypes and their evolutionary origins.

scientific article published on 2 November 2006

Steroid-induced oocyte maturation in Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) is dependent on activation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt signal transduction pathway

scientific article published on 13 July 2005

Testing and applying a fish vitellogenesis model to evaluate laboratory and field biomarkers of endocrine disruption in Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) exposed to hypoxia.

scientific article published in June 2009

The catecholestrogen, 2-hydroxyestradiol-17beta, acts as a G protein-coupled estrogen receptor 1 (GPER/GPR30) antagonist to promote the resumption of meiosis in zebrafish oocytes.

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The human myometrium differentially expresses mTOR signalling components before and during pregnancy: evidence for regulation by progesterone.

scientific article published on 26 March 2013

The pro-social neurohormone oxytocin reverses the actions of the stress hormone cortisol in human ovarian carcinoma cells in vitro

scientific article published on March 2016

The role of Xenopus membrane progesterone receptor beta in mediating the effect of progesterone on oocyte maturation

scientific article published on 21 December 2006

The zinc transporter ZIP9 (Slc39a9) regulates zinc dynamics essential to egg activation in zebrafish

scientific article published on 24 September 2020

Thyroid hormone status of Atlantic croaker exposed to Aroclor 1254 and selected PCB congeners

scientific article published on 06 October 2006

Tryptophan hydroxylase: a target for neuroendocrine disruption.

scientific article published on January 2011

Twenty years of the G protein-coupled estrogen receptor GPER: Historical and personal perspectives.

scientific article published on 24 March 2017

Upregulation of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α and HIF-2α mRNA levels in dragonet Callionymus valenciennei exposed to environmental hypoxia in Tokyo Bay.

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Vitamin E co-treatment reduces Aroclor 1254-induced impairment of reproductive neuroendocrine function in Atlantic croaker

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Widespread endocrine disruption and reproductive impairment in an estuarine fish population exposed to seasonal hypoxia.

scientific article published in November 2007

ZIP9, a novel membrane androgen receptor and zinc transporter protein

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mPRs represent a novel target for PRL inhibition in experimental prolactinomas

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

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