Androgenic dependence of exophytic tumor growth in a transgenic mouse model of bladder cancer: a role for thrombospondin-1

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Steroid hormones influence mitogenic signaling pathways, apoptosis, and cell cycle checkpoints, and it has long been known that incidence of bladder cancer (BC) in men is several times greater than in women, a difference that cannot...

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Main Authors: Yao Jorge L, Huang Jiaoti, Miyamoto Hiroshi, O'Connell Mary J, Johnson Aimee M, Messing Edward M, Reeder Jay E
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-04-01
Series:BMC Urology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2490/8/7