Midkine expression in human breast cancers: Expression of truncated form

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-6

  Miyashiro, Isao ^a,b   Kaname, Tadashi ^c   Shin, Eisei ^d   Wakasugi, Eijiro ^b   Monden, Takushi ^b   Takatsuka, Yuichi ^d,f   Kikkawa, Nobuteru ^d   Muramatsu, Takashi ^e   Monden, Morito ^b   Akiyama, Tetsu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d OSAKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f KANSAI ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Growth factor; Immunohistochemical analysis; Midkine; RT PCR; Truncated form

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MIDKINE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 8044260835     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005748728351     Document Type: Article

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