Dlk-1, a cell surface antigen on foetal hepatic stem/progenitor cells, is expressed in hepatocellular, colon, pancreas and breast carcinomas at a high frequency

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-92

  Yanai, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Nakamura, Koji ^a   Hijioka, Susumu ^b   Kamei, Akira ^b   Ikari, Takaaki ^b   Ishikawa, Yuichi ^b   Shinozaki, Eiji ^b   Mizunuma, Nobuyuki ^b   Hatake, Kiyohiko ^b   Miyajima, Atsushi ^b  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

cell surface protein; colon adenocarcinoma; hDlk 1; hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); small cell lung carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; DELTA LIKE 1 PROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DLK1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CELL MEMBRANE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL CARCINOMA; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; ADULT; ANIMAL; BREAST TUMOR; CELL LINE; COLON TUMOR; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER CELL; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; STEM CELL;

MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; NEOPLASMS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RATS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 77954419078     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvq034     Document Type: Article

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