Immunostaining of gastric cancer with neuroendocrine differentiation: Reg IV-positive neuroendocrine cells are associated with gastrin, serotonin, pancreatic polypeptide and somatostatin

Pathology International

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 291-297

  Sentani, Kazuhiro ^a   Oue, Naohide ^a   Noguchi, Tsuyoshi ^b   Sakamoto, Naoya ^a   Matsusaki, Keisuke ^c   Yasui, Wataru ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Hofu Institute of Gastroenterology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Gastrin; Neuroendocrine differentiation; Reg IV; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; CHROMOGRANIN A; GASTRIN; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE; GLUCAGON; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PANCREAS POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN REG IV; SEROTONIN; SOMATOSTATIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STOMACH CANCER; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

CALCITONIN; CHROMOGRANIN A; GASTRINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LECTINS, C-TYPE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PANCREATIC POLYPEPTIDE; SEROTONIN; SOMATOSTATIN; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77949663900     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2010.02519.x     Document Type: Article

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