Expression and secretion of inhibin and activin in normal and neoplastic uterine tissues. High levels of serum activin A in women with endometrial and cervical carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1194-1200

  Petraglia, Felice ^a   Florio, Pasquale ^b   Luisi, Stefano ^b   Gallo, Rosita ^b   Gadducci, Angiolo ^b   Viganò, Paola ^c   Di Blasio, Anna Maria ^c   Genazzani, Andrea R ^b   Vale, Wylie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; INHIBIN; INHIBIN A; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS; ACTIVINS; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INHIBINS; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 0031762897     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.4.1194     Document Type: Article

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