Multiple sites of tumorigenesis in transgenic mice overproducing hCG

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 234, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 117-126

  Huhtaniemi, Ilpo ^a,b   Rulli, Susana ^c   Ahtiainen, Petteri ^a   Poutanen, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Choriongonadotropin; Leydig cell adenoma; Luteoma; Mammary tumours; Ovarian tumours; Pituitary tumours; Prolactinoma; Teratoma; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SEX HORMONE; UBIQUITIN C;

ADULTHOOD; ALPHA CHAIN; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL TYPE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GERM CELL TUMOR; GONADECTOMY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZATION; LUTEOMA; MAMMARY GLAND; NONHUMAN; OVARY TERATOMA; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SOMATIC CELL; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 17044391004     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2004.10.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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