Immunohistochemical localization of betacellulin, a new member of the EGF family, in normal human pancreas and islet tumor cells

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 755-764

  Miyagawa, Jun Ichiro ^a   Hanafusa, Toshiaki ^a   Sasada, Reiko ^b   Yamamoto, Koji ^a,c   Igarashi, Koichi ^b   Yamamori, Katsumi ^a   Seno, Masaharu ^d   Tada, Hiroko ^a   Nammo, Takao ^a   Li, Ming ^a   Yamagata, Kazuya ^a   Nakajima, Hiromu ^a   Namba, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Kuwajima, Masamichi ^e   Matsuzawa, Yuji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Betacellulin; Differentiation; Growth factor; Pancreas; Cell

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE RELEASE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GLUCAGONOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULINOMA; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0033388699     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.46.755     Document Type: Article

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