In situ aromatization enhances breast tumor estradiol levels and cellular proliferation

Cancer Research

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 927-932

  Yue, Wei ^a,b   Wang, Ji Ping ^b   Hamilton, Christopher J ^c   Demers, Laurence M ^c   Santen, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIOL; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; FORMESTANE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CELL DIVISION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL;

EID: 0032031754     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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