Heterogeneous reactivity of murine epidermal langerhans cells after application of FITC: A histochemical evaluation

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 363-373

  Doi, Satoru ^a,b   Kobayashi, Miya ^a   Sugiura, Yasuo ^a   Sakamoto, Tatsuo ^a   Torii, Shinpei ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hekinan Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDERMIS CELL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LANGERHANS CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0032804657     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.62.363     Document Type: Article

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