Expression of nestin - A stem cell associated intermediate filament in human CNS tumours

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 269-280

  Rani, Sandhya B ^a   Mahadevan, Anita ^a   Anilkumar, Shobha Rani ^a   Raju, T R ^a   Shankar, S K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

CNS tumours; GFAP; Immunochemistry; Intermediate filament; Nestin; Neurofilament; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; NESTIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL LINEAGE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PURKINJE CELL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETUS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS;

EID: 33750942276     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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