Amphiregulin is expressed in primary cultures of prostate myofibroblasts, fibroblasts, epithelial cells, and in prostate tissue

Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 262-267

  Torring N ^a,b   Sorensen B S ^a   Bosch S T ^b   Klocker, H ^b   Nexo E ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amphiregulin; Cell culture; Epidermal growth factor receptor; Prostate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001456513     PISSN: 13657852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.pcan.4500250     Document Type: Article

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