Dehydroepiandrosterone and estrone 17-ketosteroid reductases in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 261-272

  MacIndoe, John H ^a   Hinkhouse, Marilyn ^a   Woods, Gayle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

androstenediol; breast cancer; dehydroepiandrosterone; enzymes; estrogens; ketosteroid reductases; steroid metabolism

Indexed keywords

17 HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROSTENEDIOL; ESTROGEN; PRASTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; STEROID METABOLISM;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANDROST-5-ENE-3 BETA,17 BETA-DIOL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS, HORMONE-DEPENDENT; PRASTERONE; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0025225296     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01806334     Document Type: Article

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