The use of the lectin Helix pomatia agglutinin (HPA) as a prognostic indicator and as a tool in cancer research

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 217-226

  Schumacher, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Helix pomatia agglutinin; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; LECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RESEARCH; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HELIX POMATIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCID MOUSE; STOMACH CANCER; TUMOR CELL;

ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARBOHYDRATES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LECTINS; MICE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RESEARCH; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0033045573     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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