Expression of adrenomedullin and its receptor in normal and malignant human skin: A potential pluripotent role in the integument

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 5597-5604

  Martínez, Alfredo ^a   Elsasser, Theodore H ^b   Muro Cacho, Carlos ^c   Moody, Terry W ^a   Miller, Mae Jean ^a   Macri, Charles J ^d   Cuttitta, Frank ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN;

ARTICLE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; KERATINOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN TUMOR;

EID: 0030670077     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.12.5622     Document Type: Article

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