The emerging role of Krüppel-like factors in endocrine-responsive cancers of female reproductive tissues

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 223-231

  Simmen, R C M ^a,b,c   Pabona, J M P ^a   Velarde, M C ^d   Simmons, C ^a   Rahal, O ^b,c   Simmen, F A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 5; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 6; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER STAGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 76649107927     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-09-0329     Document Type: Review

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