Possible involvement of Fas system in the induction of apoptosis in human astrocytic brain tumors

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 393-406

  Fujita, Hideshi ^a   Koji, Takehiko ^a   Kitagawa, Naoki ^a   Tsutsumi, Keisuke ^a   Abe, Kuniko ^a   Kaminogo, Makio ^a   Shibata, Shobu ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Astrocytic tumors; Fas ligand; Fas APO 1 CD95; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; FAS ANTIBODY; FAS LIGAND;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABELING INDEX; LIGAND BINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NICK END LABELING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 12244285708     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021007503779     Document Type: Article

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