Increased CK5/CK8-Positive Intermediate Cells with Stromal Smooth Muscle Cell Atrophy in the Mice Lacking Prostate Epithelial Androgen Receptor

Yuanjie Niu; Juan Wang; Zhiqun Shang; Shu-Pin Huang; Chih-Rong Shyr; Shuyuan Yeh; Chawnshang Chang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020202

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Increased CK5/CK8-Positive Intermediate Cells with Stromal Smooth Muscle Cell Atrophy in the Mice Lacking Prostate Epithelial Androgen Receptor

Yuanjie Niu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yuanjie Niu, Juan Wang, Zhiqun Shang

* E-mail: niuyuanjie@gmail.com (YN); chang@urmc.rochester.edu (CC)

Affiliations Chawnshang Chang Sex Hormone Research Center, Tianjin Institute of Urology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, George Whipple Lab for Cancer Research, Departments of Pathology and Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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Juan Wang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yuanjie Niu, Juan Wang, Zhiqun Shang

Affiliation Chawnshang Chang Sex Hormone Research Center, Tianjin Institute of Urology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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Zhiqun Shang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yuanjie Niu, Juan Wang, Zhiqun Shang

Affiliations Chawnshang Chang Sex Hormone Research Center, Tianjin Institute of Urology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, George Whipple Lab for Cancer Research, Departments of Pathology and Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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Shu-Pin Huang,

Affiliation George Whipple Lab for Cancer Research, Departments of Pathology and Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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Chih-Rong Shyr,

Affiliation Sex Hormone Research Center, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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Shuyuan Yeh,

Affiliation George Whipple Lab for Cancer Research, Departments of Pathology and Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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Chawnshang Chang

* E-mail: niuyuanjie@gmail.com (YN); chang@urmc.rochester.edu (CC)

Affiliations Chawnshang Chang Sex Hormone Research Center, Tianjin Institute of Urology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, George Whipple Lab for Cancer Research, Departments of Pathology and Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Sex Hormone Research Center, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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Increased CK5/CK8-Positive Intermediate Cells with Stromal Smooth Muscle Cell Atrophy in the Mice Lacking Prostate Epithelial Androgen Receptor

Yuanjie Niu,
Juan Wang,
Zhiqun Shang,
Shu-Pin Huang,
Chih-Rong Shyr,
Shuyuan Yeh,
Chawnshang Chang

Published: July 6, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020202

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