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Uterine leiomyoma is the most common female reproductive tract tumor during reproductive years. Estrogen has been implicated the most important factor in leimyoma growth. Recently studies have also implicated insulin-like...
BACKGROUND: Sex steroid hormones are believed to play an important role in the genesis and growth of uterine myoma. Several studies suggest a possible role of insulin-like growth factor(IGF) as...
PURPOSE: PTEN/MMAC1, a novel tumor suppressor gene, is mutated in a variety of advanced and metastatic cancers. It acts as a phosphatase, and thereby, regulates the PI-3 kinase/Akt pathway. In...
The fallopian tube is a dynamic structure where the epithelium undergoes sex steroid hormone-dependent specific changes and in which gamete transport, maturation, fertilization, and early embryo development and transport occur....
Osteoblasts can synthesize the insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) and the IGF-binding proteins (IGFBPs), which may either enhance or attenuate IGF-stimulated bone cell proliferation. Since estrogen induced osteoblastic differentiation and proliferation...