Transgenic mice overexpressing the prolactin gene develop dramatic enlargement of the prostate gland

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 4410-4415

  Wennbo, Håkan ^a   Kindblom, Jon ^a   Ísaksson, Olle G P ^b   Törnell, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RNA ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0030886337     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.10.5461     Document Type: Article

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