α-smooth muscle actin immunoreactivity may change in nature in interlobular fibrosis of the pancreas in patients with congenital biliary dilatation

Pathology International

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 498-502

  Matsubara, Kenro ^a   Suda, Koichi ^a   Suzuki, Fujihiko ^a   Kumasaka, Toshio ^a   Shiotsu, Hidetoshi ^a   Miyano, Takeshi ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

smooth muscle actin; Biliary pancreatitis; CD34; Congenital biliary dilatation; Pancreatic fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD34 ANTIGEN; CELL ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DILATATION; CHILD; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMMON BILE DUCT CYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MYOFIBROBLAST; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

ACTINS; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD34; BILIARY TRACT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLEDOCHAL CYST; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PANCREATIC DISEASES;

EID: 3242701215     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2004.01656.x     Document Type: Article

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