Significance of immunohistochemical expression of Rab3B and SNAP-25 in growth hormone-producing pituitary adenomas

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 598-602

  Nishioka, Hiroshi ^a   Haraoka, Jo ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Growth hormone; Pituitary adenoma; Rab3B; SNAP 25

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; PROTEIN RAB3B; RAB PROTEIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL SECRETION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTINOMA; RAB3 GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SYNAPTOSOMAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25;

EID: 22144457936     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-005-1008-6     Document Type: Article

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