Secretory phenomena in the non-lactating human mammary gland

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-141

  Welsch, Ulrich ^a   Oppermann, Till ^b   Mortezza, Mehdi ^c   Höfter, Eugen ^c   Unterberger, Pia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c Clinic Bogenhausen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Apocrine secretion; Glycocalyx; Human mammary gland

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ALCIAN BLUE; BETA DEFENSIN; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; FAT DROPLET; FUCHSINE; LACTALBUMIN; LACTOFERRIN; MUCIN 1; MUCIN 4;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; APICAL MEMBRANE; APOCRINE GLAND; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; GLYCOCALYX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMARY GLAND; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMENOPAUSE; PROTEIN SECRETION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 33846781173     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2006.09.010     Document Type: Article

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