Genistein regulation of transforming growth factor-α, epidermal growth factor (EGF), and EGF receptor expression in the rat uterus and vagina

Cell Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 255-260

  Brown, Nadine M ^a,b   Lamartiniere, Coral A ^a,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Volker Hall 124 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DRUG VEHICLE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GENISTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOYBEAN; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; UTERUS WEIGHT; VAGINA EPITHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; GENISTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034087129     PISSN: 10449523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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