Hormones and growth factors regulate telomerase activity in ageing and cancer

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 240, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 11-22

  Bayne, Sharyn ^a   Liu, Jun Ping ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cancer; Growth factors; Hormones; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ESTROGEN; GROWTH FACTOR; HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN; TAMOXIFEN; TELOMERASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

AGING; CANCER; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CHROMOSOME; DEREGULATION; DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TELOMERE; TISSUE REGENERATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; REGENERATION; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 23644460701     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2005.05.009     Document Type: Review

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