Estrogen receptor alpha is required for mammary development and the induction of mammary hyperplasia and epigenetic alterations in the aromatase transgenic mice

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 95, Issue 1-5, 2005, Pages 9-15

  Tekmal, Rajeshwar Rao ^a   Liu, Ya Guang ^a   Nair, Hareesh B ^a   Jones, Jeremy ^a   Perla, Rao P ^a   Lubahn, Dennis B ^b   Korach, Kenneth S ^c   Kirma, Nameer ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Estrogen receptor; Mammary carcinogenesis; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYCLIN D1; CYCLINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; BREAST HYPOPLASIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT GENE; MOUSE; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR ONCOVIRUS; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; TRANSGENE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CYCLIN D1; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 23744458336     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2005.04.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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