Epidermal growth factor and transforming growth factor alpha mRNA expression in human breast cancer biopsies; analysis in relation to estradiol, progesterone and EGF receptor content

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 221-228

  Artagaveytia, Nora ^a   Le Penven, Salima ^b   Falette, Nicole ^b   Lucero, Rosana ^a   Garófalo, Elsa G ^a   Saez, Simone ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

^b CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY;

BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, ESTRADIOL; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

EID: 0031007304     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0760(96)00188-4     Document Type: Article

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