Expression of aromatase protein and messenger ribonucleic acid in tumor epithelial cells and evidence of functional significance of locally produced estrogen in human breast cancers

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 3061-3068

  Lu, Qing ^a   Nakmura, Junji ^a   Savinov, Alexei ^a   Yue, Wei ^a   Weisz, Judith ^b   Dabbs, David J ^b   Wolz, Gabriella ^b   Brodie, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0029941512     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.7.8770932     Document Type: Article

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