Cytoplasmic immunoreactivity of thyroid transcription factor-1 (Clone 8G7G3/1) in hepatocytes: True positivity or cross-reaction?

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 382-388

  Gu, Keni ^a,c   Shah, Veena ^a   Ma, Chan ^a   Zhang, Lixin ^b   Yang, Maozhou ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic immunoreactivity; Gene expression; Gene structure; Hepatocytes; Thyroid transcription factor 1; TTF 1

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TTF 1 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER; LIVER CELL; LUNG PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; THYROID GLAND; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANTIBODIES; CROSS REACTIONS; CYTOPLASM; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYROID GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 34748842190     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/CADCVWHR2QF6JMVN     Document Type: Article

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