Expression of the noradrenaline transporter and phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase in normal human adrenal gland and phaeochromocytoma

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 322, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 443-453

  Cleary, Susannah ^a,b   Brouwers, Frederieke M ^c   Eisenhofer, Graeme ^d   Pacak, Karel ^c   Christie, David L ^e   Lipski, Janusz ^f   McNeil, Alan R ^g   Phillips, Jacqueline K ^a,b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Western Australian Research Inst   (Australia)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^g Dorevitch Pathology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adrenal medulla; Catecholamine; Chromaffin cells; Chromogranin A; Human; Immunohistochemistry; Norepinephrine transporter; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN A; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; SECRETORY GRANULE;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; CATECHOLAMINES; CHROMAFFIN CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NOREPINEPHRINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27944507249     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-005-0026-y     Document Type: Article

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