Inflammation and epithelial alterations in rat prostate: Impact of the androgen to oestrogen ratio

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 399-410

  Yatkin, Emrah ^a,b   Bernoulli, Jenni ^a   Talvitie, Eva Maria ^a   Santti, Risto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Androgen; Androgen replacement therapy; Noble rat; Oestradiol; Prostate inflammation; Prostatitis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN P63; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FRA 2;

ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG IMPLANT; DRUG IMPLANTATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GROWTH STIMULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NOBLE RAT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROSTATITIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG IMPLANTS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FOS-RELATED ANTIGEN-2; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY GLAND; PROLACTIN; PROSTATE; PROSTATITIS; RATS; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SEMINAL VESICLES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 67651241236     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2008.00930.x     Document Type: Article

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