The basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor dHAND, a marker gene for the developing human sympathetic nervous system, is expressed in both high- and low-stage neuroblastomas

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-79

  Gestblom, Carolina ^a   Grynfeld, Anna ^a   Øra, Ingrid ^a,b   Örtoft, Eva ^a   Larsson, Christer ^a   Axelson, Håkan ^a   Sandstedt, Bengt ^c   Cserjesi, Peter ^d   Olson, Eric N ^e   Påhlman, Sven ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFANT; MALE; MARKER GENE; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENETIC MARKERS; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROBLASTOMA; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 0032946871     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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