Expression of vimentin, cytokeratin, and desmin in Sertoli cells of human fetal, cryptorchid, and tumour-adjacent testicular tissue

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 427, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 497-502

  Rogatsch, Hermann ^a   Jezek, Davor ^b   Hittmair, Anton ^b   Mikuz, Gregor ^a   Feichtinger, Hans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cytokeratin; Desmin; Human sertoli cells; Intermediate filaments; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CRYPTORCHISM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS TUMOR;

ADULT; CRYPTORCHIDISM; DESMIN; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; KERATINS; MALE; PREGNANCY; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0029551997     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00199510     Document Type: Article

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