Testosterone metabolism in primary cultures of epithelial cells and stroma from benign prostatic hyperplasia

Urological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 265-271

  Tsugaya, M ^a,b   Habib, F K ^c   Chisholm, G D ^c   Ross, M ^c   Tozawa, K ^b   Hayashi, Y ^b   Kohri, K ^b   Tanaka, S ^d  

^a Toyokawa City Hospital   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androstenedione 5 dihydrotestosterone; Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Epithelial cells; Fibroblasts; Primary culture

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; TESTOSTERONE METABOLISM;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTENONE 5 ALPHA-REDUCTASE; CYTOSOL; EPITHELIUM; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MALE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0029807732     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00304775     Document Type: Article

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