Sensitive in vitro test systems to determine androgenic/antiandrogenic activity

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 282-291

  Guth, Sabine E ^a   Böhm, Sonja ^a   Mußler, Bernd H ^a   Eisenbrand, Gerhard ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androgens; Antiandrogens; Dihydrotestosterone; Reporter gene systems

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANTIANDROGEN; HYDROXYFLUTAMIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; ELECTROPORATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR ONCOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CLUSTERIN; COS CELLS; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VECTORS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS, MOUSE; MICE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS; ONCOVIRINAE; VECTORS;

EID: 9944256403     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200400023     Document Type: Article

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