Exogenous Recombinant Human IL-12 Augments MHC Class I Antigen Expression on Human Cancer Cells in vitro

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 223-226

  Suzuki, Shuji ^a   Umezu, Yasuiki ^a   Saijo, Yasuo ^a   Satoh, George ^a   Abe, Yoshinao ^a   Satoh, Ken ^a   Nukiwa, Toshihiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer cells; MHC class I antigen; rhIL 12

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; INTERLEUKIN 12; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG TUMOR; METABOLISM; MOUTH TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-12; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032107371     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.185.223     Document Type: Article

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