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ArticleMolecular and cellular endocrinology2018

Use of the REVERT

Z Z Kirshner, R B Gibbs

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Article in Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Z Z KirshnerUniversity of Pittsburgh, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1004 Salk Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. Electronic address: zzk2@pitt.edu.
R B GibbsUniversity of Pittsburgh, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1004 Salk Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. Electronic address: gibbsr@pitt.edu.
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Impact of Estrogens and Menopause on Interacting Monoamine Neurotransmitters in tR21AG043817 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GIBBS, ROBERT B, YAO, JEFFREY K · 2013 to 2014
$421k
NIA NIH HHS R21 AG043817
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Western blot is routinely used to quantify differences in the levels of target proteins in tissues. Standard methods typically use measurements of housekeeping proteins to control for variations in loading and protein transfer. This is problematic, however, when housekeeping proteins also are affected by experimental conditions such as injury, disease, and/or gonadal hormone manipulations. Our goal was to evaluate an alternative and perhaps superior method for conducting Western blot analysis of brain tissue homogenates from rats with distinct physiologically relevant gonadal hormone states. Tissues were collected from the hippocampus, frontal cortex, and striatum of young adult female rats that either were ovariectomized to model surgical menopause, or were treated with the ovatotoxin 4-vinylcyclohexene diepoxide (VCD) to model transitional menopause. Tissues also were collected from rats with a normal estrous cycle killed at proestrus when estradiol levels are high, and at diestrus when estradiol levels are low. Western blot detection of α-tubulin, β-actin, and GAPDH was performed and were compared for sensitivity and reliability with a fluorescent total protein stain (REVERT

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Genes, EssentialAnimalsBlotting, WesternBrainElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelFemaleGonadsHormonesMolecular WeightProteinsRats, Sprague-DawleyReproducibility of ResultsStaining and LabelingHormonesProteinsAccelerated ovarian failureEstradiolFrontal cortexHippocampusMenopauseStriatumVCD

Identifiers

PMID29396126
PMCPMC6045444
OpenAlexW2791397572

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