A role for NK cells in greater susceptibility of young rats to metastatic formation

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-96

  Page, Gayle Giboney ^a   Ben Eliyahu, Shamgar ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Development; Fischer 344 rat; HPA axis; MADB106; Metastasis; NK cell activity; endorphin

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELL ACTIVITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HORMONAL REGULATION; METASTASIS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032994648     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(98)00040-8     Document Type: Article

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