Tissue kallikrein and the bradykinin B2 receptor are expressed in endometrial and prostate cancers

Immunopharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 217-220

  Clements, Judith ^a,b   Mukhtar, Annie ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Kallikrein kinin system; Prostate; Uterus

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ B2 RECEPTOR; KALLIKREIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KALLIKREIN KININ SYSTEM; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; KALLIKREIN-KININ SYSTEM; KALLIKREINS; KIDNEY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECEPTOR, BRADYKININ B2; RECEPTORS, BRADYKININ; TISSUE KALLIKREINS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030748584     PISSN: 01623109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0162-3109(97)00024-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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