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Progesterone receptors A and B differentially affect the growth of estrogen-dependent human breast tumor xenografts.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jun 2003
Sartorius Carol A, Shen Tianjie, Horwitz Kathryn B
Abstract excerpt
Sixty to seventy percent of all primary human breast cancers are estrogen-dependent and express both estrogen (ER) and progesterone receptors (PR). Whereas expression of the two naturally occurring PR isoforms, PR-A and PR-B, is close to equimolar in normal human tissues, the ratio of the two receptors varies extensively in tumors. This is important since the two PR are functionally distinct and have differential...
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