Effects of galectin-3 expression on growth and tumorigenicity of the prostate cancer cell line LNCaP

Prostate

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 64-70

  Ellerhorst, Julie A ^a   Clifton Stephens, L ^a   Nguyen, Thuy ^a   Xu, Xiao Chun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Galectin; LNCaP; Prostate cancer; Tumorigenicity

Indexed keywords

GALECTIN 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; GALECTIN 3; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; PLASMIDS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0036138478     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pros.10033     Document Type: Article

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