Steroid receptor status of human testicular tumors.
Urol Int
; 40(3): 160-3, 1985.
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ABSTRACT
Biopsies of 9 testicular tumors were examined for the presence of cytoplasmic receptor proteins for estrogens, progestins, androgens, and glucocorticoids. Using an arbitrary threshold value of 10 fmol/mg cytosol protein for a postive assay, only 1 of 9 tumors was estrogen-receptor positive. However, no receptor-specific 8S binding could be detected by low salt sucrose gradient centrifugation. 1 tumor was progesterone-receptor positive. No androgen receptors could be demonstrated. In contrast, 8 of 9 neoplasms contained significant quantities of glucocorticoid receptors exclusively sedimenting at 8S. Our findings suggest that androgens, estrogens, and progestins are unlikely to play a major role in the natural history of testicular tumors. The presence of glucocorticoid receptors might offer a chance for endocrine manipulation of the development and growth of these neoplasms by glucocorticoids.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Testiculares
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Receptores de Esteroides
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Urol Int
Ano de publicação:
1985
Tipo de documento:
Article