Effects of long-term castration on the smooth muscle cell phenotype of the rat ventral prostate

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 777-783

  Antonioli, Eliane ^a   Cardoso, Alexandre Bruni ^a   Carvalho, Hernandes F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calponin; Myosin heavy chain; Sm22; Smoothelin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALPONIN; CELL MARKER; MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; SMOOTHELIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STEREOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACTINS; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; ORCHIECTOMY; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SMOOTH MUSCLE MYOSINS;

EID: 34548649757     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.107.002873     Document Type: Article

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