Inhibin α-subunit and the inhibin coreceptor betaglycan are downregulated in endometrial carcinoma

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 277-284

  Florio, Pasquale ^a   Ciarmela, Pasquapina ^a   Reis, Fernando M ^b   Toti, Paolo ^a   Galleri, Letizia ^a   Santopietro, Rosa ^a   Tiso, E ^a   Tosi, Piero ^a   Petraglia, Felice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCAN DERIVATIVE; INHIBIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; UTERUS PROLAPSE;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS; ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; DOWN-REGULATION; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; INHIBINS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROTEOGLYCANS; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 14644388860     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.1.01849     Document Type: Article

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