T helper 1 cytokine mRNA is increased in spontaneously regressing primary melanomas

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 914-919

  Lowes, Michelle A ^a,c   Bishop, G Alex ^b   Crotty, Kerry ^a   Barnetson, Ross St C ^a   Halliday, Gary M ^a,c  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CENTENARY INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interleukin 2; Lymphotoxin; Skin cancer; Tumor regression

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LYMPHOTOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TUMOR REGRESSION;

EID: 0030948658     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12292705     Document Type: Article

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