Prohormone convertases (PC1/3 and PC2) in rat and human pancreas and islet cell tumors: Subcellular immunohistochemical analysis

Pathology International

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 726-737

  Itoh, Yoshiko ^a   Tanaka, Shigeyasu ^b   Takekoshi, Susumu ^a   Itoh, Johbu ^a   Osamura, R Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

glucagon; glucagonoma; insulin; insulinoma; pancreas; PC1 3; PC2; processing; prohorm one convertase; prohormones

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; FURIN; GLUCAGON; HORMONE PRECURSOR; INSULIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROGLUCAGON; PROINSULIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GLUCAGONOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INSULINOMA; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SECRETORY GRANULE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0029850693     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1996.tb03541.x     Document Type: Article

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