Loss of CD117 (c-kit)- and CD34-positive ICC and associated CD34-positive fibroblasts defines a subpopulation of chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 228-235

  Streutker, C J ^a,b   Huizinga, J D ^a   Campbell, F ^c   Ho, J ^d   Riddell, R H ^a,e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d RAFFLES HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

c kit; CD117; CD34; CIIP; ICC pathophysiology; Intestinal motility; Motor disorders

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC INTESTINAL PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA; STAINING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ANTIGENS, CD34; CHRONIC DISEASE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, LARGE; INTESTINE, SMALL; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT;

EID: 0037308041     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200302000-00012     Document Type: Article

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