In vitro expression of endothelin-1 (ET-1) and the ET(A) and ET(B) ET receptors by the prostatic epithelium and stroma

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 508-513

  Grant, Ewan S ^a,c   Brown, Tom ^b   Roach, Alan ^b   Williams, Brent C ^a   Habib, Fouad K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Rhone Poulenc Rorer Ctrl Research   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STROMA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENDOTHELIN-1; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 0031031029     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.2.508     Document Type: Article

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