Smooth muscle actin
Last revised by Patrick J Rock
on 28 Sep 2020
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Rock P, Sharma R, Gaillard F, Smooth muscle actin. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 18 Jan 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-82175
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16 Sep 2020,
Patrick J Rock
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Smooth muscle actin (SMA) is a target in immunohistochemistry which is positive in cell lines which expresses actin. It is generally used to identify cells of myoepithelial origin 1.
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- 1. Rubisz, Piotr, Ciebiera, Michał, Hirnle, Lidia, Zgliczyńska, Magdalena, Łoziński, Tomasz, Dzięgiel, Piotr, Kobierzycki, Christopher. The Usefulness of Immunohistochemistry in the Differential Diagnosis of Lesions Originating from the Myometrium. (2019) International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20 (5): 1136. doi:10.3390/ijms20051136 - Pubmed
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