Expression of Kir 4.1 in human astrocytic tumors: Correlation with pathologic grade

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 367, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 743-747

  Tan, Ge ^a   Sun, Shan quan ^a   Yuan, Dong li ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Astrocytic tumors; Glia; Inward rectifying potassium channels; Kir 4.1

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KIR 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 38649083420     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.01.014     Document Type: Article

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