RT-PCR detection of cytokine transcripts in a series of cultured human meningiomas

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 442-446

  Boyle Walsh, Eilis ^a,c   Birch, Mark ^a   Gallagher, James A ^a   Speirs, Valerie ^b   White, Michael C ^b   Shenkin, Alan ^a   Fraser, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Histological subtypes; Meningioma; PCR

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 8; LYMPHOTOXIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MENINGIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKINS; MENINGIOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0029918543     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199604)178:4<442::AID-PATH521>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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