Expression of Fas and Fas ligand in the testes and testicular germ cell tumors: An immunohistochemical study

Anticancer Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5 B, 1997, Pages 3861-3865

  Sugihara, Ayako ^a   Saiki, Shigeru ^b   Tsuji, Motomu ^c   Tsujimura, Tohru ^a   Nakata, Yasuo ^a   Kubota, Akira ^a   Kotake, Toshihiko ^b   Terada, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^c Itami City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fas; Fas ligand; Germ cell tumor; Immunohistochemistry; Testis

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; EPITHELIUM CELL; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINOMA; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS; THYMUS; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, CD95; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 0031467487     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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