Survival of human leukaemic B-cell precursors is supported by stromal cells and cytokines: Association with the expression of bcl-2 protein

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 701-710

  Nishii, Kazuhiro ^a   Katayama, Naoyuki ^a   Miwa, Hiroshi ^a   Shikami, Masato ^a   Masuya, Masahiro ^a   Shiku, Hiroshi ^a   Kita, Kenkichi ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Apoptosis; bcl 2; SDF 1; Stromal cell

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER STAGING; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA CONTENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; STROMA CELL;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, PRE-B-CELL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; STROMAL CELLS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0033000290     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01380.x     Document Type: Article

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