Expression of gonadotropin-releasing hormone II (GnRH-II) receptor in human endometrial and ovarian cancer cells and effects of GnRH-II on tumor cell proliferation

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1427-1430

  Gründker, Carsten ^a   Günthert, Andreas R ^a   Millar, Robert P ^b   Emons, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN II RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; TRIPTORELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

CELL DIVISION; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, LHRH; TRIPTORELIN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

PRIMATES;

EID: 0036965115     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.87.3.1427     Document Type: Article

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