Immune Maintenance of Self in Morphostasis of Distinct Tissues, Tumour Growth and Regenerative Medicine

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 159-189

  Bukovsky, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

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Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; ESTRADIOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN P53; RAS PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN; THYROGLOBULIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD VESSEL INNERVATION; BREAST CANCER; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CELL HOMING; CELL HYBRIDIZATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURFACE; DENDRITIC CELL; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; GRANULOSA CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MONOCYTE; MORPHOSTASIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ONTOGENY; OVARY CANCER; OVARY FUNCTION; PERICYTE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; STEM CELL; TISSUE CONTROL SYSTEM; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE REGENERATION; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; NEOPLASMS; REGENERATION;

EID: 79551660455     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2010.02497.x     Document Type: Article

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