Spontaneously transformed rat pancreatic epithelial oval cells give rise to ductal type adenocarcinomas

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 235-239

  Rao, M Sambasiva ^a   Pan, Jie ^a   Subbarao, V ^a   Reddy, Janardan K ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nude mice; Oval cells; Pancreas; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; KERATIN; MUCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030018890     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.9.2.235     Document Type: Article

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