Activated status of tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes and apoptosis in testicular seminoma

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-75

  Yakirevich, Evgeny ^a   Lefel, Oleg ^a   Sova, Yanina ^a   Stein, Avi ^a   Cohen, Oded ^a   Ben Izhak, Ofer ^b   Resnick, Murray B ^a  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; CD3; CD8; Granzyme B; Seminoma; Testis; TIA 1; Tumour infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs)

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CELL MARKER; FORMALDEHYDE; GRANZYME B; PARAFFIN;

ANTIBODY LABELING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOTOXICITY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; GERM CELL TUMOR; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TERATOMA; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; TUMOR CELL; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES, TUMOR-INFILTRATING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036145169     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.996     Document Type: Article

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