Cell-surface levels of human carcinoembryonic antigen are inversely correlated with colonocyte differentiation in colon carcinogenesis

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 703-716

  Ilantzis, Christian ^a,b   Jothy, Serge ^a,b,c   Alpert, Lesley C ^a,d   Draber, Petr ^a,b,e   Stanners, Clifford P ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLON CARCINOMA; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOMA; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030985993     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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