Nestin is expressed in HMB-45 negative melanoma cells in dermal parts of nodular melanoma

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 505-511

  Kanoh, Maho ^a   Amoh, Yasuyuki ^a   Tanabe, Kenichi ^a   Maejima, Hideki ^a   Takasu, Hiroshi ^a   Katsuoka, Kensei ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

HMB 45; Marker; Melanoma; Nestin; Stem cell; Tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; NESTIN; PROTEIN S 100; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; MELANOMA ANTIGEN; NERVE PROTEIN; NES PROTEIN, HUMAN; NES PROTEIN, MOUSE; TUMOR ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA-SPECIFIC ANTIGENS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NESTIN; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952763614     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2010.00791.x     Document Type: Article

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