Novel link between estrogen receptor α and hedgehog pathway in breast cancer

Anticancer Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2 A, 2008, Pages 731-739

  Koga, Kenichiro ^a   Nakamura, Masafumi ^a   Nakashima, Hiroshi ^a   Akiyoshi, Takashi ^a   Kubo, Makoto ^a   Sato, Norihiro ^a   Kuroki, Syoji ^a   Nomura, Masatoshi ^a   Tanaka, Masao ^a   Katano, Mitsuo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Estrogen receptor ; Hedgehog signaling pathway; Proliferation; Sonic hedgehog

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, HORMONE-DEPENDENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 42549124572     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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