Human α-defensins HNPs-1, -2, and -3 in renal cell carcinoma: Influences on tumor cell proliferation

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1311-1324

  Müller, Claudia A ^a   Markovic Lipkovski, Jasmina ^d   Klatt, Tatjana ^a   Gamper, Jutta ^a   Schwarz, Gerold ^b   Beck, Hermann ^c   Deeg, Martin ^a   Kalbacher, Hubert ^b   Widmann, Susanne ^a   Wessels, Johannes T ^b   Becker, Volker ^c   Müller, Gerhard A ^c   Flad, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; DEFENSIN 1; DEFENSIN 2; HUMNA NEUTROPHIL PEPTIDE 3; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 18344416548     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)62558-8     Document Type: Article

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