Expression of zonulin, c-kit, and glial fibrillary acidic protein in human gliomas

Translational Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 117-120

  Skardelly, Marco ^a   Armbruster, Franz Paul ^b   Meixensberger, Jürgen ^a   Hilbig, Heidegard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b IMMUNDIAGNOSTIK AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LECTIN; PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZONULIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; GRIFFONIA; GRIFFONIA SIMPLICIFOLIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NOMENCLATURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TIGHT JUNCTION;

EID: 77953402280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19365233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1593/tlo.09115     Document Type: Article

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