Pharmacology 514:
Current Topics in Pharmacology
Journal Club

Current Topics in Pharmacology
Phcol 514
12:30 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 1998
Room T-530/530A HSC

Speaker: Daniel M. Dorsa
Topic: In Search of the Elusive Membrane Steroid Receptor

References:

1. Shughrue PJ, Lubahn DB, Negro-Vilar A, Korach KS, Merchenthaler I. Responses in the brain of estrogen receptor alpha-disrupted mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1997 Sep 30;94(20): 11008-11012.

2. Falkenstein E, Meyer C, Eisen C, Scriba PC, Wehling M. Full-length cDNA sequence of a progesterone membrane-binding protein from porcine vascular smooth muscle cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1996 Dec 4;229(1):86-89.

3. Meyer C, Schmid R, Scriba PC, Wehling M. Purification and partial sequencing of high-affinity progesterone-binding site(s) from porcine liver membranes. Eur J Biochem 1996 Aug 1;239(3):726-731.

4. Selmin O, Lucier GW, Clark GC, Tritscher AM, Vanden Heuvel JP, Gastel JA, Walker NJ, Sutter TR, Bell DA. Isolation and characterization of a novel gene induced by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in rat liver. Carcinogenesis 1996 Dec;17(12):2609-2615.

5. Mermelstein PG, Becker JB, Surmeier DJ. Estradiol reduces calcium currents in rat neostriatal neurons via a membrane receptor. J Neurosci 1996 Jan 15;16(2):595-604.

Reviews:

1. Revelli A, Massobrio M, Tesarik J. Nongenomic actions of steroid hormones in reproductive tissues. Endocr Rev 1998 Feb;19(1):3-17.

2. Flanagan-Cato LM, Fluharty SJ. Emerging mechanisms of the behavioral effects of steroids. Curr Opin Neurobiol 1997 Dec;7(6):844-848.

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