Oxytocin receptors in human adenocarcinomas of the endometrium: Presence and biological significance

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 470-477

  Cassoni, Paola ^a   Fulcheri, Ezio ^b   Carcangiu, Maria Luisa ^c   Stella, Anna ^a   Deaglio, Silvia ^a   Bussolati, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Cell proliferation; Endometrium; Immunocytochemistry; ISH; Oxytocin; Receptors; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIVISION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0034065081     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(200003)190:4<470::AID-PATH550>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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