Exogenous stem cell factor improves interstitial cells of Cajal restoration after blockade of c-kit signaling pathway

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 844-851

  Tong, Weidong ^a   Jia, Houjun ^b   Zhang, Lin ^a   Li, Chunxue ^a   Ridolfi, Timothy J ^c   Liu, Baohua ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

C kit; Gastrointestinal motility; Interstitial cells of Cajal; Stem cell factor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; JEJUNUM; MOUSE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL FACTOR;

EID: 77955693527     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521003782371     Document Type: Article

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