Evidence for cell-specific changes with age in expression of oestrogen receptor (ER) α and β in bone fractures from men and women

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-73

  Batra, Gaurav S ^a   Hainey, Linda ^a   Freemont, Anthony J ^a   Andrew, Glynne ^a   Saunders, Philippa T K ^b   Hoyland, Judith A ^a   Braidman, Isobel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC Reproductive Biology Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fracture callus; Indirect immunocytochemistry; Oestrogen receptor ; Oestrogen receptor ; Osteoblasts osteoclasts; Osteocytes

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BONE BIOPSY; BONE CELL; BONE MASS; BREAST TUMOR; CALLUS; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MESENCHYME CELL; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOCLAST; OSTEOCYTE; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOBLASTS; OSTEOCYTES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 0037649062     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.1332     Document Type: Review

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