Expression of the stem cell marker nestin in peripheral blood of patients with melanoma

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-114

  Fusi, A ^a   Ochsenreither, S ^a   Busse, A ^a   Rietz, A ^a   Keilholz, U ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

circulating tumour cell; melanoma; nestin; reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; tumour markers

Indexed keywords

MELAN A; MESSENGER RNA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NESTIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL LINE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASTIC CELLS, CIRCULATING; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STEM CELLS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77954006111     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.09779.x     Document Type: Article

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