Bcl-2 and Bax expression in thyroid tumours. An immunohistochemical and Western blot analysis

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 430, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-130

  Manetto, Valeria ^a   Lorenzini, Rossana ^a   Cordon Cardo, Carlos ^b   Krajewski, Stan ^c   Rosai, Juan ^b   Reed, John C ^c   Eusebi, Vincenzo ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bcl 2; Thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID TUMOR; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030937162     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01008033     Document Type: Article

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