Estrogenic activity of bovine milk high or low in equol using immature mouse uterotrophic responses and an estrogen receptor transactivation assay

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-68

  Nielsen, Tina S ^a   Nørgaard, Jan V ^a   Purup, Stig ^a   Fretté, Xavier C ^a   Bonefeld Jørgensen, Eva C ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal model; Breast cancer; Cancer prevention; Cow's milk; Legumes; Milk extract; MVLN cells; Phytoestrogens; Reporter gene assay; Uterine weight

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; BIOCHANIN A; CHRYSIN; CLUSTERIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COUMESTROL; DAIDZEIN; ENTERODIOL; ENTEROLACTONE; EQUOL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTRONE; FORMONONETIN; GLYCITEIN; MATAIRESINOL; MESSENGER RNA; NARINGENIN; PHYTOESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MATURATION; MILK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TRANSACTIVATION; UTERUS; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CATTLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GENES, REPORTER; ISOFLAVONES; MICE; MILK; ORGAN SIZE; PHYTOESTROGENS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; UTERUS;

EID: 67649880328     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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