Paracrine regulation of ovarian cancer by endothelin

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1381-1387

  Moraitis, S ^a   Miller, W R ^a   Smyth, J F ^a   Langdon, S P ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endothelin; Ovarian cancer; Paracrine regulation

Indexed keywords

CYCLO(DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO ASPARTYLPROLYL DEXTRO VALYLLEUCYL); ENDOTHELIN 1; N (2,6 DIMETHYLPIPERIDINOCARBONYL) 4 METHYLLEUCYL DEXTRO (1 METHOXYCARBONYLTRYPTOPHANYL) DEXTRO NORLEUCINE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OVARY CANCER; OVARY CARCINOMA; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL DIVISION; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELIN-2; ENDOTHELIN-3; ENDOTHELINS; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033197939     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(99)00131-8     Document Type: Article

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