The synthetic estrogen diethylstilbestrol (DES) inhibits the telomerase activity and gene expression of prostate cancer cells

Prostate

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1307-1312

  Geier, Rinat ^a,b   Adler, Shulamit ^a   Rashid, Gloria ^a   Klein, Ami ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Androgens; Estrogens; Prostate cancer; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; TELOMERASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN LNCAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

ANDROGENS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DNA PRIMERS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; TELOMERASE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77956362041     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: 10970045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pros.21166     Document Type: Article

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