Estrogen receptors (α and β) and 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase Type 1 and 2 in thyroid disorders: Possible in situ estrogen synthesis and actions

Modern Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 437-444

  Kawabata, Wakako ^a   Suzuki, Takashi ^a   Moriya, Takuya ^a   Fujimori, Keisei ^a   Naganuma, Hiroshi ^b   Inoue, Satoshi ^e   Kinouchi, Yositaka ^a   Kameyama, Kaori ^c   Takami, Hiroshi ^d   Shimosegawa, Tooru ^a   Sasano, Hironobu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SENDAI CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

17 hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; Estrogen receptors; Human thyroid lesions; Immunohistochemistry; Labeling index; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTRONE; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FETUS; GOITER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABELING INDEX; MALE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038823620     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MP.0000066800.44492.1B     Document Type: Article

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