The Significance of the Sulfatase Pathway for Local Estrogen Formation in Endometrial Cancer
Endometrial cancer (EC) is the most common estrogen-dependent gynecological malignancy in the developed World. To investigate the local formation of estradiol (E2), we first measured the concentrations of the steroid precursor androstenedione (A-dione) and the most potent estrogen, E2, and we evalua...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2017-06-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Pharmacology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphar.2017.00368/full |