Elevated levels of the steroidogenic factor 1 are associated with over-expression of CYP19 in an oestrogen-producing testicular Leydig cell tumour

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 941-949

  Straume, Anne Hege ^a,b   Løvås, Kristian ^a,b   Miletic, Hrvoje ^a,b   Gravdal, Karsten ^b   Lønning, Per Eystein ^a,b   Knappskog, Stian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ESTROGEN; LIVER RECEPTOR HOMOLOG 1; MESSENGER RNA; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOWN REGULATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; AROMATASE; ESTROGENS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84862078422     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-11-0849     Document Type: Article

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