Inhibitory effect of genistein on the proliferation of the anterior pituitary cells of rats

Acta Physiologica Sinica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-54

  Zhang, Qing Hong ^a   Hu, Yu Zhen ^a   Zhou, Shi Sheng ^a   Wang, Fu Zhou ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Genistein; Pituitary; Proliferation; Tyrosine kinase inhibitor

Indexed keywords

GENISTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; GENISTEIN; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0347239592     PISSN: 03710874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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