Differential expression of alpha smooth muscle cell actin in human fibroblasts isolated from intraperitoneal adhesions and normal peritoneal tissues

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 82, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2004, Pages 1188-1192

  Saed, Ghassan M ^a,b   Diamond, Michael P ^a  

^a Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

SMCA; adhesion; Fibroblasts; immunohistochemistry; peritoneum

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADHESION; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERITONEUM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STAINING; SURGICAL PATIENT; TISSUE;

ACTINS; ADHESIONS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PERITONEAL DISEASES; PERITONEUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 5044234665     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.02.147     Document Type: Article

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