Aberrant glycosylation based on the neo-expression of poly-N- acetyllactosamine structures in squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck

Histochemical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 555-562

  Yokota, Masako ^a   Ito, Nobuaki ^a   Hatake, Katsuhiko ^a   Yane, Katsunari ^a   Miyahara, Hiroshi ^a   Matsunaga, Takashi ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE; BLOOD GROUP ABH ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; LACTOSE; LECTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, TUMOR-ASSOCIATED, CARBOHYDRATE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GLYCOSYLATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 0030792684     PISSN: 00182214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026475926033     Document Type: Article

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