Elevated levels of biologically active soluble CD40 ligand in the serum of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 135-141

  Younes, Anas ^a,c   Snell, Virginia ^a   Consoli, Ugo ^a   Clodi, Katharina ^a   Zhao, Shourong ^a   Palmer, J Lynn ^a   Thomas, Elaine K ^b   Armitage, Richard J ^b   Andreeff, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; CD40 ligand; CLL; Fas ligand; Soluble CD40L

Indexed keywords

CD40 ANTIGEN; FAS ANTIGEN; FLUDARABINE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CD40 LIGAND; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; UP-REGULATION; VIDARABINE;

EID: 0031961855     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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