The role of kisspeptin on aromatase expression in breast cancer.

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Yilmaz M. B., Oksuz H., Ilgaz N. S., Ocal I., Norizadeh T. M.

Bratislavske lekarske listy, vol.119, no.12, pp.776-780, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 119 Issue: 12
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.4149/bll_2018_141
  • Journal Name: Bratislavske lekarske listy
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.776-780
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

AIM: Kisspeptin is a reproductive peptide hormone that has anti-metastatic roles in several cancer types including colon, lung, and brain cancer. However, in breast cancer, increasing of kisspeptin expression induces aggressiveness of tumors, which in turn exacerbates breast cancer prognosis.