Expression of Fas (CD95/APO-1) ligand by human breast cancers: Significance for tumor immune privilege

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 457-463

  O'Connell, Joe ^a   Bennett, Michael W ^a   O'Sullivan, Gerald C ^b   O'Callaghan, Jim ^a   Collins, J Kevin ^a   Shanahan, Fergus ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^b MERCY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0032808568     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.4.457-463.1999     Document Type: Article

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