In nonfunctional pituitary adenomas, estrogen receptors and slug contribute to development of invasiveness

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Zhou, Wei ^a   Song, Yechun ^a   Xu, Haiwei ^a   Zhou, Kun ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Chen, Junhua ^a   Qin, Maolin ^a   Yi, Hongliang ^a   Gustafsson, Jan Ake ^b   Yang, Hui ^a   Fan, Xiaotang ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PROTEIN BCL 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SLUG; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONFUNCTIONING PITUITARY ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; CADHERINS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79961238907     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-3040     Document Type: Article

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