Synaptophysin immunoreactivity in adrenocortical adenomas: A correlation between synaptophysin and CYP17A1 expression

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 939-945

  Shigematsu, Kazuto ^a   Nishida, Noriyuki ^b   Sakai, Hideki ^b   Igawa, Tsukasa ^c   Toriyama, Kan ^a   Nakatani, Akira ^a   Takahara, Osamu ^a   Kawai, Kioko ^b  

^a JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Nagasaki Prefecture Medical Health Operation Group   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CYTOCHROME P450 17; CYTOCHROME P450 17A1; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MITOCHONDRION; NONFUNCTIONING PITUITARY ADENOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZONA FASCICULATA;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 72949092698     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-09-0596     Document Type: Article

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