Cathepsins D, B, and L in malignant human lung tissue

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 561-568

  Ledakis, Panayotis ^a   Tester, William T ^a   Rosenberg, Nirit ^a   Romero Fischmann, David ^a   Daskal, Ierachmiel ^a   Lah, Tamara T ^a,b,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN D; CATHEPSIN L; LYSOSOME ENZYME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN D; CATHEPSINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

EID: 0030000541     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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