A study of apoptosis in Merkel cell carcinoma: An immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, DNA ladder, and TUNEL labeling study

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 16-23

  Mori, Yasuki ^a,b   Hashimoto, Ken ^a,b   Tanaka, Kazuaki ^a,b   Cui, Chang Yi ^a,b   Mehregan, Darius R ^a,b   Stiff, Mark A ^a,b  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; DNA ladder; Electron microscopy; Fas; Merkel cell carcinoma; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; CYTOKERATIN 20; ENOLASE; FAS ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53;

AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENSE BODY; DESMOSOME; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NICK END LABELING; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CELL COUNT; CYTOPLASMIC STRUCTURES; DESMOSOMES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA, NEOPLASM; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; KERATIN-20; MALE; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035140330     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200102000-00003     Document Type: Article

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