Expression of amyloid precursor protein mRNA in vascular smooth muscle cells of the human brain

Neuropathology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-14

  Takahashi, Reisuke Heavy ^a   Sawa, Hirofumi ^a   Takada, Akio ^b   Kitabatake, Akira ^a   Nagashima, Kazuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sapporo Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyloid precursor protein; In situ hybridization; mRNA; Smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MENINGEAL ARTERY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0030932240     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.1997.tb00004.x     Document Type: Article

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