Dexamethasone increases potassium channel messenger RNA and activity in clonal pituitary cells.
Levitan E, Hemmick L, Birnberg N, Kaczmarek L. Dexamethasone increases potassium channel messenger RNA and activity in clonal pituitary cells. Endocrinology 1991, 5: 1903-8. PMID: 1791837, DOI: 10.1210/mend-5-12-1903.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPituitary cellsChannel expressionClonal rat pituitary cellsChannel messenger RNAIon channel expressionRat pituitary cellsDose-dependent mannerClonal pituitary cellsAnterior pituitaryLong-term effectsRat hypothalamusSimilar pharmacologyGlucocorticoid agonistGlucocorticoid hormonesChannel mRNAGH3 cellsElectrical activitySecretionSteady-state concentrationsTerm effectsPituitaryExcitable cellsHormoneIon channelsMessenger RNA