Lewis x is highly expressed in normal tissues: A comparative immunohistochemical study and literature revision

Pathology and Oncology Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-138

  Croce, María V ^a   Isla Larrain, Marina ^a   Rabassa, Martín E ^a   Demichelis, Sandra ^a   Colussi, Andrea G ^a   Crespo, Marina ^a   Lacunza, Ezequiel ^a   Segal Eiras, Amada ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate epitopes; Immunohistochemistry; Mucins; Normal epithelia

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; GLYCOLIPID; HAPTEN; LEWIS X ANTIGEN; LEWIS Y ANTIGEN; MUCIN; MUCIN 1; MUCIN 2; MUCIN 4; MUCIN 5AC; MUCIN 6; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; SIALYL LEWIS X ANTIGEN; SIALYL TN ANTIGEN; THOMSEN FRIEDREICH ANTIGEN; TN HAPTEN ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BREAST; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TYPE; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUTH MUCOSA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 34547628045     PISSN: 12194956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02893488     Document Type: Article

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