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MDCK cells express serotonin-regulable 11ß-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2

MARISA L. ZALLOCCHI^*1, MARIA C. DAMASCO¹, JUAN C. CALVO^1,2, CARLOS P. LANTOS¹, LAURA B. MATKOVIC¹

1 Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires and PRHOMCONICET. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2 Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (CONICET). Buenos Aires, Argentina.
* For the definition of the terms neurotransmitter and neurohormone, we adopt the terminology of David O. Norris in Vertebrate Endocrinology 3rd, Edition Academic Press. Neurotransmitter: Chemical regulators produced and secreted by neurons into synapses that produce effects on the postsynaptic and/or presynaptic cells. Neurohormones: Neural regulators that are released, like hormones, into the blood.
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