The alveolar type II cell is a pluripotential stem cell in the genesis of human adenocarcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 319-336

  Ten Have Opbroek, A A W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alveolar type II cells; Human lung carcinogenesis; Lung adenocarcinomas; Lung squamous cell carcinomas; Non small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STEM CELL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BRONCHI; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROTEOLIPIDS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN A; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR STEM CELLS;

BRONCHUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0030938123     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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