Aberrant leukocyte infiltration: A direct trigger for breast tumor invasion and metastasis

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-132

  Man, Yan Gao ^a,b  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Intercellular junction; Leukocyte; Tumor cell leukocyte chimeras; Tumor invasion; Tumor metastasis; Tumor stem cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952138750     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.6.129     Document Type: Article

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