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STS

 
Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

STS

Abbreviation for serologic test for syphilis.
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STS

A gene on chromosome Xp22.32 that encodes a protein that catalyses the conversion of sulfated steroid precursors to oestrogens during pregnancy.

Molecular pathology
Defects in STS cause ichthyosis, X-linked.
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STS

1. Serologic tests for syphilis, see there.
2. Soft tissue sarcoma, see there.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

STS

abbrev. SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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Evans TR, Rowlands MG, Silva MC, Law M, Coombes RC.Prognostic significance of aromatase and estrone sulfatase enzymes in human breast cancer.
Steroid sulfatase inhibitors: promising new therapy for breast cancer
Argenta, "Estrone sulfatase activity in patients with advanced ovarian cancer," Gynecologic Oncology, vol.
The sulfatase pathway for estrogen formation: targets for the treatment and diagnosis of hormone-associated tumors
These membrane proteins are comprised of an enzyme known as estrone sulfatase. Breast tumors produce increasing levels of estrone sulfatase activity, and a majority of breast tumors are estrogen dependent.
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