Overexpression of estrogen receptor-α in human papillary thyroid carcinomas studied by laser-capture microdissection and molecular biology

Cancer Science

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1921-1927

  Di Vito, Maura ^a   De Santis, Elena ^a   Perrone, Giulietta Anna ^b   Mari, Emanuela ^a   Giordano, Maria Chiara ^b   De Antoni, Enrico ^c   Coppola, Luigi ^b   Fadda, Guido ^d   Tafani, Marco ^a   Carpi, Angelo ^e   Russo, Matteo A ^a,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; ISOPROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYROID CARCINOMA; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANOXIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGY; THYROID TUMOR; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANOXIA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA, MESSENGER; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84856249327     PISSN: 13479032     EISSN: 13497006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2011.02017.x     Document Type: Article

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