Ligands for Viscum album agglutinin and galectin-1 in human lung cancer: Is there any prognostic relevance?

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 239-253

  Fritz, Peter ^a   Seizer Schmidt, Regine ^a   Mürdter, Thomas E ^b   Kroemer, Heyo K ^c   Aulitzky, Walter ^a   André, Sabine ^d   Gabius, Hans Joachim ^d   Friedel, Godehard ^e   Toomes, Heikki ^e   Siegle, Isabel ^b  

^a ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b DR MARGARETE FISCHER BOSCH INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e Klinik Schillerhohe   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galectin 1; Immunohistochemistry; Lectins; Lung cancer; Viscum album agglutinin (VAA)

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; GALECTIN; LECTIN; LIGAND;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL CULTURE; VISCUM ALBUM;

CAPRA HIRCUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0032796999     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-1281(99)80025-7     Document Type: Article

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