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  • noun biochemistry Any of a group of polypeptides that polymerize to form filaments in the cytoskeleton

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  • They said that a protein called vimentin normally appears twice in a lifetime - when neurons in the brain are forming during the first years of life and, years later when the brain's neurons are under siege from Alzheimer's or other neurodegenerative diseases.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010

  • They said that a protein called vimentin normally appears twice in a lifetime - when neurons in the brain are forming during the first years of life and, years later when the brain's neurons are under siege from Alzheimer's or other neurodegenerative diseases.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ians 2010

  • As expected, this extensive list includes many astroglial markers such as vimentin, S100β, aquaporin 4 and aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 family, member L1 (

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Samir Koirala et al. 2010

  • This finding agrees with reports in the literature on co-expression of cytokeratins and vimentin in adult human discs.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Audrey Gilson 2010

  • However our finding of the co-expression of vimentin and CK8 in small isolated clusters of the bovine nucleus pulposus cells indicates that a subpopulation of notochordal-like cells remains in the mature bovine disc.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Audrey Gilson 2010

  • Representative immune cytochemistry staining of spheroids structures, grown for 9 or 14 days in Matrigel, using antibodies against the basal-lamina component laminin beta 1 (LAMB1), and the mesenchymal markers vimentin (VIM), and fibronectin (FN).

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ville Härmä et al. 2010

  • Histologically, the tumor was composed of two distinct components - an epithelioid component with granular cytoplasm that stained for synaptophysin, melan-A, calretinin, and vimentin compatible with adrenocortical differentiation, and a pleomorphic to spindled component that was positive for desmin and myogenin, compatible with rhabdomyosarcomatous differentiation.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Kotaro Sasaki 2010

  • Among the 13/25 HPV negative ADC samples, five were positive for CEA suggesting endocervical origin, and three were vimentin positive (one had a mucinous endocervical histological pattern and two were ADC, not otherwise specified, most likely of endometrial origin).

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • In neoplastic cells, positive reaction was determined with vimentin and SMA.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Nilufer Onak Kandemir 2010

  • The mesenchymal intermediate filament protein vimentin was present in all bovine and porcine nucleus pulposus cells.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Audrey Gilson 2010

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