Participation of α-smooth muscle actin-positive cells in renomedullary interstitial cell tumors

Oncology Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 745-750

  Kuroda, Naoto ^a   Toi, Makoto ^a   Miyazaki, Eriko ^a   Hayashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Nakayama, Hirofumi ^a   Hiroi, Makoto ^a   Enzan, Hideaki ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Renomedullary interstitial cell tumor; TGF 1; smooth muscle actin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B RECEPTOR; TGFB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HUMAN; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RECEPTORS, COMPLEMENT 3B; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 0036632354     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.9.4.745     Document Type: Article

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