Expression of the endothelin-B receptor in pigment cell lesions of the skin: Evidence for its role as tumor progression marker in malignant melanoma

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 438, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 485-491

  Demunter, Anouk ^a   De Wolf Peeters, Chris ^a   Degreef, Hugo ^a   Stas, Marguerite ^a   Van Den Oord, Joost J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Endothelin; Melanocyte; Melanoma; Receptor; Tumor progression

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; PARAFFIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN DEFECT; TUMOR GROWTH;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEVUS, BLUE; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN B; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0035041835     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004280000362     Document Type: Article

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