Expression of estrogen receptors α and β in soft tissue sarcomas: Immunohistochemical and molecular analysis

Pathology International

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 671-679

  Li, Xiao Qiu ^a,b   Hisaoka, Masanori ^a   Hashimoto, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor ; Estrogen receptor ; Immunohistochemistry; in situ hybridization; Ki 67; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MYXOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX RATIO; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CELL DIVISION; DNA PRIMERS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0344014118     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2003.01543.x     Document Type: Article

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