Androgens are not a direct requirement for the proliferation of human prostatic epithelium in vitro

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 910-916

  Berthon, Philippe ^a,b   Waller, Andrew S ^b   Villette, Jean Marie ^a   Loridon, Ludovic ^a   Cussenot, Olivier ^a   Maitland, Norman J ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE; PROSTATE TUMOR;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ANDROGENS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031564177     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19971210)73:6<910::AID-IJC25>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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