Kaposi's sarcoma cells express the macrophage-associated antigen mannose receptor and develop in peripheral blood cultures of Kaposi's sarcoma patients

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 929-938

  Uccini, Stefania ^a   Sirianni, Maria C ^a   Vincenzi, Laura ^a   Topino, Simone ^a   Stoppacciaro, Antonella ^a   La Parola, Ilaria Lesnoni ^b   Capuano, Maria ^b   Masini, Cinzia ^b   Cerimele, Decio ^b   Cella, Marina ^d   Lanzavecchia, Antonio ^d   Allavena, Paola ^c   Mantovani, Alberto ^c   Baroni, Carlo D ^a   Ruco, Luigi P ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^d BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNOSE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0031043694     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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