Lysozyme-rich muciphages surrounding colorectal adenomas

Anticancer Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2 A, 2002, Pages 879-881

  Rubio, Carlos A ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colorectal adenoma; Colorectal crypts; Lysozyme rich muciphages; Mucin rich phagocytes

Indexed keywords

CHLORDANE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; LYSOZYME; MUCIN;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DESTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINA PROPRIA; MUCIPHAGE; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURNOVER TIME;

ADENOMA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MUCINS; MURAMIDASE; PHAGOCYTES;

EID: 0036254406     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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2. The large intestine
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4. Antimicrobial peptides in gastrointestinal tract
5. Expression of antimicrobial neutrophil defensins and lysozyme is induced in epithelial cells of active inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) mucosa