Histological features and expression of enzymes implicated in melatonin synthesis in pineal parenchymal tumours and in cultured tumoural pineal cells

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 296-305

  Fevre Montange, M ^a,b,c   Champier, J ^b   Szathmari, A ^b,d   Brisson, C ^b   Reboul, A ^b   Mottolese, C ^d   Fauchon, F ^e   Claustrat, B ^c,d   Jouvet, A ^b,c,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c Institut Federatif des Neurosciences de Lyon   (France)

^d HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^e Ctr de Radiotherapie Prive   (France)

Author keywords

Human pineal parenchymal tumours; Melatonin synthesis; Pineal cell line; Real time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ENZYME; HYDROXYINDOL O METHYLTRANSFERASE; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 42549132525     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2007.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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