Alkaline sphingomyelinase activity is decreased in human colorectal carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 448-453

  Hertervig, Erik ^a   Nilsson, Åke ^a   Nyberg, Lena ^b   Duan, Rui Dong ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Ideon Science Park   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ceramidase; colorectal carcinoma; humans; sphingomyelinase

Indexed keywords

SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON MUCOSA; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PHOSPHOLIPID METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMIDOHYDROLASES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

EID: 0031023763     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19970201)79:3<448::AID-CNCR4>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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