Diminution of the number of γδT lymphocytes in hepatocellular carcinoma patients treated with transcatheter arterial embolization

Japanese Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 108-117

  Akizuki, Setsuko ^a   Magara, Tadao ^a   Tanaka, Teruji ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antitumor action; Hepatic sinusoid; Transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE); T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGED; ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0032084425     PISSN: 09114300     EISSN: 13497413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2177/jsci.21.108     Document Type: Article

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