Expression and hormone regulation of Wnt2, 3, 4, 5a, 7a, 7b and 10b in normal human endometrium and endometrial carcinoma

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1131-1136

  Bui, T D ^a   Zhang, L ^a,b   Rees, M C P ^b   Bicknell, R ^a   Harris, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Endometrium; Gene expression; Wnt gene

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; RIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL;

EID: 0030942879     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.195     Document Type: Article

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