Expression of interleukin-18 by nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells: A factor that possibly initiates the massive leukocyte infiltration

Human Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 722-728

  Hu, Huaizhong ^b   Tang, Kin Fai ^b   Chua, Yen Ni ^b   Lu, Jinhua ^b   Feng, Ping ^b   Chew, Chuan Tieh ^b   Chan, Soh Ha ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

ELISA; GAPDH; glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate dehydrogenase; IFN ; IL; infiltration; interferon ; interleukin; interleukin 18; messenger RNA; mRNA; nasopharyngeal carcinoma; natural killer; NK; NK cells; NPC; T cells

Indexed keywords

CASPASE INHIBITOR; CHEMOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAINING; SUPERNATANT; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TUMOR BIOPSY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MOTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE; METABOLISM; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CASPASE 1; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLEUKIN-18; LEUKOCYTES; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 3042722109     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2004.01.026     Document Type: Article

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