Macrophage migration inhibitory factor in hepatocellular carcinoma and liver cirrhosis; relevance to pathogenesis

Cancer Letters

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 125-132

  Akbar, S M Fazle ^a   Abe, Masanori ^a   Murakami, Hidehiro ^a   Tanimoto, Kenji ^a   Kumagi, Teru ^a   Yamashita, Yoshimasa ^b   Michitaka, Kojiro ^a   Horiike, Norio ^a   Onji, Morikazu ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Uwajima City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Immunohistochemistry; Liver cirrhosis; Migration inhibitory factor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION-INHIBITORY FACTORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035841037     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(01)00606-1     Document Type: Article

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