What accounts for the variable responses to progesterone on Schwann cells from mice and humans-the species-specific influence or the paracrine effects from the tumor microenvironment?

Cancer Biol Ther. 2010 Dec 1;10(11):1077-8. doi: 10.4161/cbt.10.11.13440. Epub 2010 Dec 1.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Growth Processes / physiology
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Neurofibromatosis 1 / metabolism
  • Neurofibromatosis 1 / pathology
  • Progesterone / pharmacology*
  • Schwann Cells / drug effects*
  • Schwann Cells / metabolism
  • Schwann Cells / pathology
  • Species Specificity
  • Tumor Microenvironment

Substances

  • Progesterone