Expression and regulation of c-kit receptor and response to stem cell factor in childhood malignant T-lymphoblastic cells

Leukemia

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1221-1229

  Tomeczkowski, J ^a   Frick, D ^a   Schwinzer, B ^a   Wittner, N ^a   Ludwig, W D ^b   Reiter, A ^a   Welte, K ^a   Sykora, K W ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; C kit protooncogene; Childhood; Hematopoiesis; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Stem cell factor

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; GROWTH PROMOTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7; LYMPHOTOXIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOBLASTOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0031854560     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2401102     Document Type: Article

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