Role of stromal-epithelial interactions in hormonal responses

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 417-434

  Cunha, Gerald R ^a   Cooke, Paul S ^b   Kurita, Takeshi ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; DIOXIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SECRETORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; MAMMARY GLAND; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PROSTATE; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; STROMA; TARGET ORGAN; TISSUE INTERACTION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; PROSTATE; STEROIDS; STROMAL CELLS; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 15844426173     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.67.417     Document Type: Review

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