Testosterone inhibits estrogen‐induced mammary epithelial proliferation and suppresses estrogen receptor expression
Open Access
- 1 September 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 14 (12) , 1725-1730
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.99-0863com
Abstract
This study investigated the effect of sex steroids and tamoxifen on primate mammary epithelial proliferation and steroid receptor gene expression. Ovariectomized rhesus monkeys were treated with plac...Keywords
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