Myofibroblasts of palmar fibromatosis co-express transforming growth factor-alpha and epidermal growth factor receptor

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 213-217

  Magro, Gaetano ^a   Lanteri, Eleonora ^a   Micali, Giovanni ^a   Paravizzini, Gianluca ^a   Travali, Salvatore ^a   Lanzafame, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

EGF R; Myofibroblasts; Palmar fibromatosis; TGF

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; FIBROMATOSIS; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DUPUYTREN'S CONTRACTURE; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

EID: 0031025259     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199702)181:2<213::AID-PATH739>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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