Immunohistochemical analysis of beta-defensin-2 expression in human lung tumors

Experimental Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 273-276

  Shestakova, T ^a   Zhuravel, E ^a   Bolgova, L ^b   Zaitsev, S ^b   Efanova, O ^a   Soldatkina, M ^a   Pogrebnoy, P ^a  

^a R E KAVETSKY INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Expression; Human beta defensin 2; Human lung tumors; Lung squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 2; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ADULT; AGED; BETA-DEFENSINS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA;

EID: 78650683688     PISSN: 18129269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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