Protein Information

Name c kit
Synonyms C Kit; CD117; CD117 antigen; KIT; KIT oncogene Mast cell growth factor receptor; KIT protein; Mast/stem cell growth factor receptor; Mast/stem cell growth factor receptor precursor…

Compound Information

Name TCA
CAS 2,2,2-trichloroacetic acid

Reference List

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12756596 Solari V, Piotrowska AP, Puri P: Histopathological differences between recto-sigmoid Hirschsprung's disease and total colonic aganglionosis. Pediatr Surg Int. 2003 Jul;19(5):349-54. Epub 2003 May 20.


C-kit positive interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs) are pacemaker cells that play a key role in the motility function of the bowel.
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19159660 Wang H, Zhang Y, Liu W, Wu R, Chen X, Gu L, Wei B, Gao Y: Interstitial cells of Cajal reduce in number in recto-sigmoid Hirschsprung's disease and total colonic aganglionosis. Neurosci Lett. 2009 Feb 27;451(3):208-11. Epub 2009 Jan 13.


ICCs were visualized in frozen sections by c-Kit (CD117) fluorescent staining.
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