Article
Comparison of variant expression of estrogen receptor mRNA in normal breast tissue and breast cancer.
International journal of oncology - 1 May 1998
Okada K, Ichii S, Hatada T, Ishii H, Utsunomiya J
Abstract excerpt
To investigate whether estrogen receptor abnormalities are associated with resistance of breast cancer to endocrine therapy, we compared estrogen receptor mRNA between normal breast tissue and carcinoma. Using the RT-PCR, paired cancer and normal breast tissue specimens from 15 patients were anal...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Breast
- Breast Neoplasms
- DNA Primers
- Exons
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Messenger
- Receptors, Estrogen
- Sequence Deletion