Expression of intermediate filaments, EGF and TGF-α in early human kidney development

Journal of Molecular Histology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-235

  Carev, Dominko ^a   Saraga, Marijan ^b   Saraga Babic, Mirna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cytokeratins; EGF; Human embryo; Mesonephros; Metanephros; TGF ; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 8; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; VIMENTIN;

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; INTERSTITIUM; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; MESENCHYME; MESONEPHROS; NEPHRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; URETER;

ANTIBODIES; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; KIDNEY; MESONEPHROS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; VIMENTIN;

EID: 41049112899     PISSN: 15672379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10735-007-9157-7     Document Type: Article

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