Distinct changes in the laminin composition of basement membranes in human seminiferous tubules during development and degeneration

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1421-1431

  Virtanen, Ismo ^a   Lohi, Jouni ^a   Tani, Taneli ^a   Korhonen, Matti ^a   Burgeson, Robert E ^d   Lehto, Veli Pekka ^c   Leivo, Ilmo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMININ;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; FETUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; INTEGRIN ALPHA6BETA1; INTEGRINS; LAMININ; MALE; RECEPTORS, LAMININ; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES;

EID: 0030902236     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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