Effects of 17α-methyltestosterone on uterine morphology and heat shock protein expression are mediated through estrogen and androgen receptors

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 305-314

  Papaconstantinou, Andriana D ^a   Umbreit, Thomas H ^b   Goering, Peter L ^b   Brown, Ken M ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

17 Methyltestosterone; Androgen; Anti estrogen; Flutamide; grp94; Heat shock proteins; hsp72; Hsp90 ; Uterotrophism

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTIANDROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUTAMIDE; FULVESTRANT; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 72; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; METHYLTESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; HORMONE ACTION; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UTERUS; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; FLUTAMIDE; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HSP72 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HSP90 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE CONGENERS; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036878998     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0760(02)00221-2     Document Type: Article

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