Demonstration of aromatase activity and its regulation in breast tumor and benign breast fibroblasts

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Santen, R J ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Martel, J ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Hoagland, M ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Naftolin, F ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Roa, L ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Harada, N ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Hafer, L ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Zaino, R ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Pauley, R ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Santner, S ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Breast cancer; Epithelial cells; H score; Immunohistochemistry; Regulation; Stromal cells

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; CYCLIC AMP DERIVATIVE; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTROGEN; LETROZOLE; MESSENGER RNA; PHORBOL ESTER;

BREAST CELL; BREAST EPITHELIUM; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; STROMA CELL;

AROMATASE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0031721473     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006081729828     Document Type: Article

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