Androgen receptor expression in human thyroid cancer tissues: A potential mechanism underlying the gender bias in the incidence of thyroid cancers

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 105-124

  Stanley, J A ^a,c   Aruldhas, M M ^a   Chandrasekaran, M ^b   Neelamohan, R ^a   Suthagar, E ^a   Annapoorna, K ^a   Sharmila, S ^a   Jayakumar, J ^b   Jayaraman, G ^a   Srinivasan, N ^a   Banu, S K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CBP; Cyclin D1; Mir 124a; p53; Sp1; Testosterone; Thyroid tumors

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGAND BINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADULT; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICRORNAS; PREJUDICE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84859255717     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: 18791220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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