Malignant germ cell tumours of the testis express interferon-γ, but are resistant to endogenous interferon-γ

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 915-921

  Schweyer, S ^a   Soruri, A ^a   Peters, J ^a   Wagner, A ^a   Radzun, H J ^a   Fayyazi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cytokine; TGCT

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 1; STAT1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CANCER CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SECRETION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS CANCER; TUMOR RESISTANCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTORS, INTERFERON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAT1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0141730406     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601209     Document Type: Article

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