Decreased expression of neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinase 3 is associated with the outflow tract defect of human tetralogy of Fallot

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-157

  Kong, Bo ^a   Liu, Ying Long ^a   Lü, Xiao Dong ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Receptor; Tetralogy of Fallot; trkC

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTROPHIC TYROSINE RECEPTOR KINASE 3; NEUROTROPHIN 3 RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; RECEPTOR, TRKC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT;

EID: 60649107442     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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