Immunohistochemical analysis of nestin and c-kit and their significance in pancreatic tumors

Pathology International

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 589-593

  Ohike, Nobuyuki ^a   Sato, Masashi ^a   Hisayuki, Tomokazu ^a   Imataka, Hiromi ^a   Sato, Shun ^a   Wada, Yukihiro ^a   Saito, Koji ^a   Takahashi, Manabu ^b   Tajiri, Takuma ^c   Kunimura, Toshiaki ^a   Morohoshi, Toshio ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Dentistry Oral surgery   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

c kit; Immunohistochemistry; Nestin; Pancreatic tumor; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

NESTIN; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRADUCTAL PAPILLARY MUCINOUS TUMOR; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS ADENOMA; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATOBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOTUMOR; SARCOMA;

HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; STEM CELLS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34547681213     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2007.02143.x     Document Type: Article

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