Down-regulation of estrogen receptor by the methylation of the estrogen receptor gene in endometrial carcinoma

Anticancer Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1 A, 2002, Pages 139-143

  Shiozawa, Tanri ^a   Itoh, Kazuko ^a   Horiuchi, Akiko ^a   Konishi, Ikuo ^a   Fujii, Shingo ^a   Nikaido, Toshio ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CpG island; Endometrial carcinoma; Estrogen receptor; Methylation; PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA BINDING; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CARCINOMA; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, NEOPLASM; DOWN-REGULATION; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOPLASM STAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0036244294     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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