Inhibins, activins, and follistatins: Expression of mRNAs and cellular localization in tissues from men with benign prostatic hyperplasia

Prostate

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-43

  Thomas, Tania Z ^a   Chapman, Susan M ^a   Hong, Wang ^a   Gurusingfhe, Chandan ^a   Mellor, Sally L ^a   Fletcher, Richard ^a   Pedersen, John ^b   Risbridger, Gail P ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MELBOURNE PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

BPH; Immunolocalization; Inhibin related proteins; Novel activins

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN A; FOLLISTATIN; INHIBIN; INHIBIN A; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS; ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; FOLLISTATIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; INHIBINS; MALE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC SECRETORY PROTEINS; RABBITS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0031973548     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(19980101)34:1<34::AID-PROS5>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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