Overexpression of leptin receptor predicts an unfavorable outcome in Middle Eastern ovarian cancer

BACKGROUND: Recent epidemiological studies have suggested that obesity is associated with ovarian cancer. Obesity hormone leptin and its receptor (Ob-R) contribute to tumor development by enhancing cell growth and survival. This study was design to investigate the prevalence of leptin and Ob-R in Mi...

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Autores principales: Uddin, Shahab, Bu, Rong, Ahmed, Maqbool, Abubaker, Jehad, Al-Dayel, Fouad, Bavi, Prashant, Al-Kuraya, Khawla S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2754986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19765303
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-4598-8-74

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2754986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19765303
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-4598-8-74

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