Expression of a novel member of the TGF-β superfamily, growth/differentiation factor-15/macrophage-inhibiting cytokine-1 (GDF-15/MIC-1) in adult rat tissues

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 297, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 103-110

  Böttner, Martina ^a   Suter Crazzolara, Clemens ^b   Schober, Andreas ^a   Unsicker, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

CNS; Epithelial tissues; Macrophages; Rat (Wistar); TGF

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOKINE; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADRENAL GLAND; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CHOROID PLEXUS; DNA LIBRARY; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MACROPHAGE; MAMMARY GLAND; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOROID PLEXUS; CYTOKINES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE LIBRARY; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; KIDNEY; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLACENTA; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0033008033     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051337     Document Type: Article

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