Membrane progesterone receptor beta (mPRβ/Paqr8) promotes progesterone-dependent neurite outgrowth in PC12 neuronal cells via non-G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling

Abstract Recently, sex steroid membrane receptors garnered world-wide attention because they may be related to sex hormone-mediated unknown rapid non-genomic action that cannot be currently explained by their genomic action via nuclear receptors. Progesterone affects cell proliferation and survival...

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Main Authors: Mayu Kasubuchi, Keita Watanabe, Kanako Hirano, Daisuke Inoue, Xuan Li, Kazuya Terasawa, Morichika Konishi, Nobuyuki Itoh, Ikuo Kimura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05423-9