Presence of defensin in epithelial Langerhans cells adjacent to oral carcinomas and precancerous lesions

Anticancer Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4 B, 1999, Pages 2969-2971

  Mizukawa, Nobuyoshi ^a   Sugiyama, Katsumi ^a   Yamachika, Eiki ^a   Ueno, Takaaki ^a   Mishima, Katsuaki ^a   Takagi, Shin ^a   Sugahara, Toshio ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Defensin; HNP 1; Langerhans cells; Oral carcinoma precancerous lesion

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; DEFENSIN; PEROXIDASE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN S 100; STREPTAVIDIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTIMA; LANGERHANS CELL; MELANOCYTE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NEUTROPHIL; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STAIN; TISSUE SECTION;

DEFENSINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANGERHANS CELLS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROTEINS;

EID: 0033451023     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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