Expression of neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM) in perisinusoidal stellate cells of the human liver

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 283, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 159-165

  Nakatani, Kazuki ^a   Seki, Shuichi ^a   Kawada, Norifumi ^a   Kobayashi, Kenzo ^a   Kaneda, Kenji ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion molecules, neuronal; Human; Immunohistochemistry; Liver; Stellate cells

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER SINUSOID; MESENCHYME CELL; MICROSCOPY; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STELLATE CELL;

EID: 0030048097     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050524     Document Type: Article

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