High prevalence of activated intraepithelial cytotoxic T lymphocytes and increased neoplastic cell apoptosis in colorectal carcinomas with microsatellite instability

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1805-1813

  Dolcetti, Riccardo ^a   Viel, Alessandra ^a   Doglioni, Claudio ^b   Russo, Antonio ^a,c   Guidoboni, Massimo ^a   Capozzi, Eugenia ^a   Vecchiato, Nicola ^a   Macri, Ettore ^b   Fornasarig, Mara ^a   Boiocchi, Mauro ^a  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b Belluno City Hospital   (Italy)

^c CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0033021439     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65436-3     Document Type: Article

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