Inhibin/activin-betaC and-betaE subunits in the Ishikawa human endometrial adenocarcinoma cell line

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 282, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-191

  Kimmich, Tanja ^a   Brüning, Ansgar ^a   Käufl, Stephanie D ^a   Makovitzky, Josef ^b   Kuhn, Christina ^a   Jeschke, Udo ^a   Friese, Klaus ^a   Mylonas, Ioannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activins; Endometrial carcinoma cell line; Endometrium; Immunofluorescence; Immunohistochemistry; Inhibin; Inhibin C; Inhibin E; Ishikawa; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; INHIBIN; INHIBIN BETA C; INHIBIN BETA E; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INHBC PROTEIN, HUMAN; INHBE PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL CLONING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; ADENOCARCINOMA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77956491112     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-009-1310-y     Document Type: Article

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