Androgens upregulate aquaporin 9 expression in the prostate

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 936-941

  Wang, Jianbo ^a,b   Tanji, Nozomu ^a   Sasaki, Toyokazu ^a   Kikugawa, Tadahiko ^a   Song, Xishuang ^b   Yokoyama, Masayoshi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Androgen; Aquaporin; Prostate

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AQUAPORIN 9; BICALUTAMIDE; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 54049113844     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2008.02130.x     Document Type: Article

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