Stereological quantification of carboxyfluorescein-labeled rat lung metastasis: A new method for the assessment of natural killer cell activity and tumor adhesion in vivo and in situ

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 239, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 25-34

  Von Hörsten, Stephan ^a   Helfritz, Andreas ^a   Kuhlmann, Susanne ^a   Nave, Heike ^a   Tschernig, Thomas ^a   Pabst, Reinhard ^a   Ben Eliyahu, Shamghar ^b   Meyer, Dirk ^a   Schmidt, Reinhold E ^a   Schmitz, Christoph ^c  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenaline; Carboxyfluorescein; Experimental metastasis; NK cell function; Stereology; Tumor adhesion

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RAT; TECHNIQUE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0343183974     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(00)00162-9     Document Type: Article

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