Immunolocalization and gene expression of oxytocin receptors in carcinomas and non-neoplastic tissues of the breast

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1895-1903

  Bussolati, Gianni ^a   Cassoni, Paola ^a   Ghisolfi, Gianpiero ^a   Negro, Franco ^a   Sapino, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0029895081     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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