Serial transplants of DMBA-induced mammary tumors in Fischer rats as a model system for human breast cancer. VI. The role of different forms of tumor-associated stress for the regulation of pineal melatonin secretion

Oncology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 169-176

  Bartsch, Christian ^c   Bartsch, Hella ^d   Buchberger, Anita ^d   Stieglitz, Ariane ^d   Effenberger Klein, Anja ^a   Kruse Jarres, Jürgen D ^a   Besenthal, Ingo ^d   Rokos, Hartmut ^b   Mecke, Dieter ^d  

^a OLGAHOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Biopterin; Catecholamines; Corticosterone; Mammary tumors; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

BIOPTERIN; DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; MELATONIN; N ACETYLSEROTONIN; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN N ACETYLTRANSFERASE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SARCOMA; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0033036545     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000011960     Document Type: Article

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