Aromatase overexpression enhances the stimulatory effects of adrenal androgens on MCF7 breast cancer cells

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 193, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 13-18

  Maggiolini, Marcello ^a   Bonofiglio, Daniela ^a   Pezzi, Vincenzo ^a   Carpino, Amalia ^a   Marsico, Stefania ^a   Rago, Vittoria ^a   Vivacqua, Adele ^a   Picard, Didier ^b   Andò, Sebastiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

17 Diol; 17 Estradiol; 17 Dione; 4 Androstene 3; 5 Androstene 3 ; CYP19; Dehydroepiandrosterone; MCF7

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIOL; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; HYDROXYTAMOXIFEN; LETROZOLE; PRASTERONE;

BREAST CANCER; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HORMONE DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANDROGENS; ANDROSTENEDIOL; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL DIVISION; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0037205922     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(02)00091-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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