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ZEB1 is estrogen responsive in vitro in human foreskin cells and is over expressed in penile skin in patients with severe hypospadias.
The Journal of urology - 1 May 2011
Qiao Liang, Tasian Gregory E, Zhang Haiyang, Cunha Gerald R, Baskin Laurence
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PURPOSE: We determined the effect of estrogen on ZEB1 in vitro and tested the hypothesis that ZEB1 is over expressed in the penile skin of subjects with hypospadias. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Hs68 cells, a fibroblast cell line derived from human foreskin, were exposed to 0, 1, 10 and 100 nM estrogen, and the expression level of ZEB1 was assessed using reverse transcription real-time polymerase chain reaction,...
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