Ultrastructural characterization of macrophage-like mononuclear leukocytes in human astrocytic tumors

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 321-326

  Arismendi Morillo, Gabriel ^a   Castellano Ramírez, Alan ^a   Medina, Zulamita ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Glioma; Glioma associated macrophage; Leukocytes; Macrophage M2 phenotype; Tumor associated macrophage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BIOPSY; BRAIN TUMOR; CELL MOTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NECROSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ASTROCYTOMA; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NECROSIS;

EID: 78349280273     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: 15210758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01913123.2010.487972     Document Type: Article

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