Cathepsin D is a marker of ganglion cell differentiation in the developing and neoplastic human peripheral sympathetic nervous tissues

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 437, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 406-412

  Magro, G ^a   Ruggieri, M ^a,b   Fraggetta, F ^c   Grasso, S ^a   Viale, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cathepsin D; Human fetus; Neuroblastic tumours; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CATHEPSIN D; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; SOMATOMEDIN B;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETUS; GANGLIONEUROMA; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033794019     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004280000250     Document Type: Article

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