Nocturnal urinary 6-sulfatoxymelatonin and proliferating cell nuclear antigen-immunopositive tumor cells show strong positive correlations in patients with gastrointestinal and lung cancer

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 90-96

  Bartsch, Christian ^a,c   Kvetnoy, Igor ^b   Kvetnaia, Tatiana ^b   Bartsch, Hella ^a   Molotkov, Andrew ^b   Franz, Heiko ^a   Raikhlin, Nathan ^b   Mecke, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic melatonin; Gastrointestinal cancer; Lung cancer; PCNA; Pineal melatonin production

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; 6-SULFATOXYMELATONIN; CYCLINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MELATONIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; URINE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PINEAL GLAND; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0031231111     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1997.tb00340.x     Document Type: Article

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