Signet ring cells in gastric carcinomas are derived from neuroendocrine cells

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 615-621

  Bakkelund, Karin ^a,b   Fossmark, Reidar ^a,c   Nordrum, Ivar ^b,c   Waldum, Helge ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

5 hydroxytryptamine; Chromogranin A; Histidine decarboxylase; Neuroendocrine differentiation; Signet ring cells; Somatostatin; Synaptophysin

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; CHROMOGRANIN A; HISTIDINE DECARBOXYLASE; MUCIN; SEROTONIN; SOMATOSTATIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; ENTEROCHROMAFFIN CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; SIGNET RING CELL; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOGRANIN A; CHROMOGRANINS; ENTEROCHROMAFFIN-LIKE CELLS; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HISTIDINE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 33646688705     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.5A6806.2005     Document Type: Article

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