Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) up-regulates wnt5b and wnt7b in the mammary gland, and hCGbeta transgenic female mice present with mammary Gland tumors exhibiting characteristics of the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway activation.

Kuorelahti, Aino

Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) up-regulates wnt5b and wnt7b in the mammary gland, and hCGbeta transgenic female mice present with mammary Gland tumors exhibiting characteristics of the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway activation. [electronic resource] - Endocrinology Aug 2007 - 3694-703 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0013-7227

10.1210/en.2007-0249 doi


Age Factors
Animals
Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human--genetics
Estrogen Receptor alpha--metabolism
Female
Glycoproteins--metabolism
Humans
Mammary Glands, Animal--pathology
Mammary Neoplasms, Animal--metabolism
Mice
Mice, Inbred Strains
Mice, Transgenic
Myoepithelioma--metabolism
Ovariectomy
Proto-Oncogene Proteins--metabolism
Receptors, Progesterone--metabolism
Up-Regulation--physiology
Wnt Proteins--metabolism
beta Catenin--metabolism