Expression of myosin heavy chain isoforms by smooth muscle cells in cerebral arteriovenous malformations

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 455-461

  Hoya, Katsumi ^a,c   Asai, Akio ^a   Sasaki, Tomio ^a   Nagata, Kazuya ^b   Kimura, Kenjiro ^a   Kirino, Takaaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Showa General Hospital   (Japan)

^c DOKKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Myosin heavy chain; Smooth muscle cell; actin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ISOPROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; ACTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN VEIN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VEIN WALL; CAPILLARY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VEIN;

ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAPILLARIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; VEINS;

EID: 0038727210     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-002-0665-y     Document Type: Article

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