Oestrogen action on thyroid progenitor cells: Relevant for the pathogenesis of thyroid nodules?

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 125-133

  Xu, Shuhang ^a,c   Chen, Guofang ^a   Peng, Wen ^a   Renko, Kostja ^b   Derwahl, Michael ^a  

^a St Hedwig Hospital   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Oestrogen; Progenitor cells; Thyroid nodules; Thyroid stem cells

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN D1; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GROWTH FACTOR; SODIUM IODIDE SYMPORTER; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NODULAR GOITER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; THYROID CELL; THYROID NODULE; UPREGULATION;

OESTROGEN; PROGENITOR CELLS; THYROID NODULES; THYROID STEM CELLS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CELLS, CULTURED; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84878780725     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JOE-13-0029     Document Type: Article

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