Smooth-to-striated muscle transition in human esophagus: An immunohistochemical study using fetal and adult materials

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-41

  Katori, Yukio ^a,b   Cho, Baik Hwan ^c   Song, Chang Ho ^c   Fujimiya, Mineko ^d   Murakami, Gen ^e   Kawase, Tetsuaki ^a,f  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SENDAI CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^d SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Iwamizawa Koujin kai Hospital   (Japan)

^f TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Human fetus; Smooth muscle; Striated muscle; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NICK END LABELING; PHENOTYPE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TRACHEA;

ACTINS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; CADAVER; DESMIN; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT;

EID: 75149137730     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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