The role of relaxin in endometrial cancer

Cancer Biology and Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-77

  Kamat, Aparna A ^a   Feng, Shu ^b   Agoulnik, Irina U ^b   Kheradmand, Farrah ^b   Bogatcheva, Natalia V ^b   Coffey, Donna ^c   Sood, Anil K ^a   Agoulnik, Alexander I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Endometrium; Invasion; Migration; Relaxin

Indexed keywords

FN 439; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RELAXIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL INVASION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 32544461149     PISSN: 15384047     EISSN: 15558576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cbt.5.1.2289     Document Type: Article

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