Antiestrogens modulate MT1 melatonin receptor expression in breast and ovarian cancer cell lines

Oncology Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 231-235

  Treeck, Oliver ^a   Haldar, Chandana ^b   Ortmann, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antiestrogen; Breast cancer; Melatonin; Melatonin receptor; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; FULVESTRANT; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OVARY TUMOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELL LINE; UPREGULATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELATONIN; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT1; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TAMOXIFEN; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33644878315     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.15.1.231     Document Type: Article

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