Estrogen sensitivity of normal human breast tissue in vivo and implanted into athymic nude mice: Analysis of the relationship between estrogen-induced proliferation and progesterone receptor expression

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-133

  Clarke, Robert B ^a   Howell, Anthony ^a   Anderson, Elizabeth ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Normal breast; Progesterone; Progesterone receptor; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; XENOGRAFT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BREAST; CELL DIVISION; DNA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0030758839     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005805831460     Document Type: Article

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