Follistatin overexpression in rodent liver tumors: A possible mechanism to overcome activin growth control

Molecular Carcinogenesis

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-5

  Rossmanith, Walter ^a,b   Chabicovsky, Monika ^a   Grasl Kraupp, Bettina ^a   Peter, Barbara ^a   Schausberger, Elisabeth ^a   Schulte Hermann, Rolf ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Gene expression; Hepatocarcinogenesis; Liver cancer

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; CARCINOGEN; DNA; FOLLISTATIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; GROWTH REGULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; RNA ANALYSIS; RODENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIVINS; ADENOMA; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL DIVISION; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; FOLLISTATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NAFENOPIN; PHENOBARBITAL; RATS; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036735319     PISSN: 08991987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mc.10068     Document Type: Article

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