Oestrogen receptors alpha and beta differ in normal human breast and breast carcinomas

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 450-457

  Shaw, Jacqueline A ^a   Udokang, Kufre ^a   Mosquera, Juan Miguel ^a   Chauhan, Hina ^a   Jones, J Loiuse ^a   Walker, Rosemary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast; Breast cancer; Menstrual cycle; Oestrogen receptor alpha; Oestrogen receptor beta

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MYOEPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STROMA CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ADULT; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0036900346     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.1230     Document Type: Article

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