Macrophage migration inhibitory factor in the human prostate: Identification and immunocytochemical localization

Prostate

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 159-165

  Arcuri, Felice ^a   Del Vecchio, Maria Teresa ^a   De Santi, Maria Margherita ^a   Lalinga, Anna Vittoria ^a   Pallini, Vitaliano ^a   Bini, Luca ^a   Bartolommei, Sabrina ^a   Parigi, Sabrina ^a   Cintorino, Marcella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Macrophages; MIF; Prostatic tissue; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Western blot analysis

Indexed keywords

MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION-INHIBITORY FACTORS; MALE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0033134887     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(19990515)39:3<159::AID-PROS3>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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