Expression of Fas and Bcl-2 proteins and induction of apoptosis in human hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines

Medical Molecular Morphology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 199-203

  Seki, Shuichi ^a   Kitada, Takuya ^a   Sakaguchi, Hiroki ^a   Kawada, Norifumi ^a   Iwai, Shuji ^a   Kadoya, Hirokazu ^a   Nakatani, Kazuki ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2 protein; Fas protein; Hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; FAS ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0033358563     PISSN: 18601480     EISSN: 18601499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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