Malignant schwannoma-derived cells support human skin mast cell survival in vitro

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-134

  Demitsu, Toshio ^a,b   Murata, Satoru ^b   Kakurai, Maki ^b   Kiyosawa, Tomoharu ^b   Yaoita, Hideo ^b  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Extracellular matrices; Malignant schwannoma; Mast cell; Stem cell factor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALIGNANT NEURILEMOMA; MAST CELL; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN CELL;

EID: 0030631560     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-1811(97)00038-8     Document Type: Article

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