Macrophages, estrogen and the microenvironment of breast cancer

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 67, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 403-411

  Gil, Mor ^a   Yue, Wei ^b   Santen, Richard J ^b   Gutierrez, Linda ^a   Eliza, Mariel ^a   Berstein, Lev M ^b   Harada, Nobuhiro ^d   Wang, Jiping ^b   Lysiak, Jeffrey ^c   Diano, Sabrina ^a   Naftolin, Frederick ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AROMATASE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES; MONOCYTES; NITRILES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TESTOSTERONE; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 0032456845     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0760(98)00143-5     Document Type: Article

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