PMID-sentid Pub_year Sent_text comp_official_name comp_offsetprotein_name organism prot_offset 12922945-13 2003 The present results suggest that PTU decreases the progesterone release by granulosa cells via a thyroid-independent mechanism involving the inhibition of post-cAMP pathway, and the activities of intracellular calcium, steroidogenic enzyme, and StAR protein functions. Propylthiouracil 33-36 steroidogenic acute regulatory protein Rattus norvegicus 245-249