THE PRESENCE OF PROGESTERONE RECEPTORS IN ARACHNOID GRANULATIONS AND IN THE LINING OF ARACHNOID CYSTS - ITS RELEVANCE TO EXPRESSION OF PROGESTERONE RECEPTORS IN MENINGIOMAS

Authors
VERHAGEN A GO KG VISSER GM BLANKENSTEIN MA VAALBURG W
Citation
A. Verhagen et al., THE PRESENCE OF PROGESTERONE RECEPTORS IN ARACHNOID GRANULATIONS AND IN THE LINING OF ARACHNOID CYSTS - ITS RELEVANCE TO EXPRESSION OF PROGESTERONE RECEPTORS IN MENINGIOMAS, British journal of neurosurgery, 9(1), 1995, pp. 47-50
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,Surgery
Journal title
British journal of neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
02688697
Volume
9
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
47 - 50
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-8697(1995)9:1<47:TPOPRI>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Progesterone receptors (PR) were identified with an enzyme immunoassay in cytosols from human arachnoid granulations and arachnoid cysts. Me ningiomas presumably originate from subdural endothelium which is abun dantly present in these structures. In the three cases studied, oestro gen receptors were absent. The presence of FR in subdural endothelium may provide further ground for the expression of PR in meningiomas.