A preliminary study on the possible role for luetinizing hormone in androgen independent growth of prostate

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 6-13

  Sriraman, V ^a   Rao, Veena S ^a   Rajesh, N ^a   Vasan, S S ^b   Rao, A J ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b Bangalore Kidney Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

growth; LH receptor; luteinizing hormone; prostate; protein synthesis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; ORGAN GROWTH; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CELL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; STROMA CELL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 85006324396     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61956-6     Document Type: Article

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