Expression of Oct4, a stem cell marker, in the hamster pancreatic cancer model

Pancreatology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 406-413

  Iki, Katsumichi ^a   Pour, Parviz M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Hamster, expression of Oct4; Oct4 gene; Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOLGI COMPLEX; HAMSTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL;

EID: 33748290097     PISSN: 14243903     EISSN: 14243911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094317     Document Type: Article

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