Estradiol Congeners
"Estradiol Congeners" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Steroidal compounds related to ESTRADIOL, the major mammalian female sex hormone. Estradiol congeners include important estradiol precursors in the biosynthetic pathways, metabolites, derivatives, and synthetic steroids with estrogenic activities.
| Descriptor ID |
D045166
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.334.851.437
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| Concept/Terms |
Estrogens, Synthetic- Estrogens, Synthetic
- Synthetic Estrogens
- Estrogen Analogs
- Analogs, Estrogen
- Estrogen Analogues
- Analogues, Estrogen
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Estradiol Congeners" by people in Profiles.
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Horwitz KB. Is a functional estrogen receptor always required for progesterone receptor induction in breast cancer? J Steroid Biochem. 1981 Dec; 15:209-17.
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Horwitz KB, McGuire WL. Specific progesterone receptors in human breast cancer. Steroids. 1975 Apr; 25(4):497-505.