FGF9 is an autocrine and paracrine prostatic growth factor expressed by prostatic stromal cells

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-60

  Giri, Dipak ^a   Ropiquet, Frederic ^a   Ittmann, Michael ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STROMA CELL;

ANTIBODIES; AUTOCRINE COMMUNICATION; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 9; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MALE; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; STROMAL CELLS;

TRIXIS;

EID: 0032967041     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4652(199907)180:1<53::AID-JCP6>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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