The role of genetics in estrogen responses: A critical piece of an intricate puzzle

FASEB Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 5042-5054

  Wall, Emma H ^a,d   Hewitt, Sylvia C ^b   Case, Laure K ^a   Lin, Chin Yo ^c   Korach, Kenneth S ^b   Teuscher, Cory ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

^d Pancosma   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotype; Reproductive tissue

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BONE DENSITY; BONE TISSUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAMMARY GLAND; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; REVIEW; SKIN; UTERUS; VAGINA; ANIMAL; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 84918830890     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.14-260307     Document Type: Review

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