The metrial gland in the rat and its similarities to granular cell tumors

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 474-480

  Picut, Catherine A ^a   Swanson, Cynthia L ^a   Parker, Regina F ^a   Scully, Kathryn L ^a   Parker, George A ^a  

^a WIL Biotechnics LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Decidual reaction; Granulated metrial gland cell; Immunohistochemistry; Metrial gland; Natural killer cells; Reproductive toxicology

Indexed keywords

PERFORIN; PSORIASIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GRANULAR CELL; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METRIAL GLAND; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METRIAL GLAND; MICE; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; S100 PROTEINS;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 68649106380     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: 15331601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192623309335632     Document Type: Article

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