Expression of epidermal growth factor (EGF), its receptor, and related oncoprotein (ERBB-2) in human pituitary tumors and response to EGF in vitro

Endocrinology

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 2012-2021

  Chaidarun, Sushela S ^a   Eggo, Margaret C ^a   Sheppard, Michael C ^a   Stewart, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GROWTH HORMONE; ONCOPROTEIN; PARAFFIN; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADULT; AGED; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL DIVISION; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028034205     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.135.5.7956924     Document Type: Article

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