Laminin expression patterns in human ureteral tissue

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2040-2043

  Hattori, Kazunori ^a   Mabuchi, Reiko ^b   Fujiwara, Hironobu ^b   Sanzen, Noriko ^b   Sekiguchi, Kiyotoshi ^b   Kawai, Koji ^b   Akaza, Hideyuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Laminin; Ureter

Indexed keywords

KALININ; LAMININ; LAMININ 8; LAMININ 9; LAMININ ALPHA1; LAMININ ALPHA2; LAMININ ALPHA3; LAMININ ALPHA4; LAMININ ALPHA5; LAMININ BETA1; LAMININ BETA2; LAMININ BETA3; LAMININ GAMMA1; LAMININ GAMMA2; MESSENGER RNA; SCLEROPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CANCER INVASION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STROMA CELL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; URETER; UROTHELIUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0141885255     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000091971.10816.d2     Document Type: Article

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