The MHC Class I Related Fc Receptor, FcRn, is Expressed in the Epithelial Cells of the Human Mammary Gland

Human Immunology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1152-1159

  Cianga, Petru ^a,d   Cianga, Corina ^a   Cozma, Laurette ^b   Ward, E Sally ^c   Carasevici, Eugen ^a  

^a GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b Institute of Public Health Iasi   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Spital Universitar Sf Spiridon   (Romania)

Author keywords

Endothelial cells; Epithelial cells; FcRn; Mammary gland; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

FC RECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; NEONATE FC RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST CELL; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, FC;

EID: 0344851751     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2003.08.025     Document Type: Article

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