Immunohistochemical study of CD44 immunopositive cells in the muscular layers of the gastrointestinal tract in adult guinea pigs and mice

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 383-391

  Yu, Bin ^a   Han, Juan ^a   He, Yang tao ^a   Guo, Sheng ^a   Li, Shi feng ^a   Mei, Feng ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal tract; Guinea pigs; Interstitial cells of Cajal; Kit; Mice; Progenitor cells; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

HERMES ANTIGEN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; STEM CELL FACTOR; VIMENTIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN H; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; SMALL INTESTINE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STOMACH; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; SWINE;

CAVIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; COLON; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; STOMACH; SWINE; VIMENTIN;

EID: 67349191475     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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