Prostatic stromal cell phenotype is directly modulated by norepinephrine

Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 663-670

  Smith, Paul ^a,b   Rhodes, Nicholas P ^a   Beesley, Carol ^a   Ke, Youqiang ^a   Foster, Christopher S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Duncan Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; ALPHA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CELL COUNT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHENOTYPE; PROSTATE; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 0031949916     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00695-X     Document Type: Article

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