Expression of androgen receptor and its implication in hepatoma cells

Cancer Letters

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-140

  Cho, Hyeseong ^a   Lim, In Kyoung ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; POLYADENYLIC ACID; RIBOSOME RNA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOWN REGULATION; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DNA, NEOPLASM; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RATS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA; APOGON BRACHYGRAMMUS; MURINAE;

EID: 0030987174     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(97)04732-0     Document Type: Article

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