Eosinophil-tumor cell interaction in advanced gastric carcinoma: An electron microscopic approach

Anticancer Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6 C, 2002, Pages 3833-3836

  Caruso, Rosario A ^a   Bersiga, A ^b   Rigoli, L ^a   Inferrera, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b Azienda Istituti Ospitalieri   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autophagic tumor cell death; Electron microscopy; Eosinophil infiltration; Gastric adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR MODEL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CELL COMMUNICATION; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEOPLASM STAGING; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036875224     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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