Cathepsins B and D activity and activity ratios in normal ovaries, benign ovarian neoplasms, and epithelial ovarian cancer

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 539-544

  Downs Jr , Levi S ^a,b   Lima, Paul H ^a   Bliss, Robin L ^a   Blomquist, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MMC 395 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cathepsin B; Cathepsin D; Ovarian cancer; Proteases

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN D;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOFLUOROMETRY; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY CANCER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY METASTASIS; OVARY TUMOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; RANK SUM TEST; TISSUE SECTION;

CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN D; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 25844457673     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsgi.2005.06.009     Document Type: Article

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