Expression of endothelin 1 and endothelin a receptor in ovarian carcinoma: Evidence for an autocrine role in tumor growth

Cancer Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 720-727

  Bagnato, Anna ^a   Salani, Debora ^a   Di Castro, Valeriana ^a   Wu Wong, Jinshyun R ^c   Tecce, Raffaele ^a   Nicotra, Maria Rita ^b   Venuti, Aldo ^a   Natali, Pier Giorgio ^a  

^a REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CANCER GROWTH; CARCINOGENESIS; FEMALE; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR DENSITY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL DIVISION; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN A; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN B; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033083191     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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