The inflammatory microenvironment of HCC - The plot becomes complex

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 853-855

  Schrader, Jörg ^a   Iredale, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; ENDOTHELIAL CELL ANTIBODY; GAMMA INTERFERON; GELATINASE B; INTERLEUKIN 17; SCATTER FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANGIOGENESIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL INTERACTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; EPITHELIOID CELL; FIBROSIS; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATORY MICROENVIRONMENT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MACROPHAGE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MYOFIBROBLAST; NEUTROPHIL; PERITUMORAL STROMA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH17 CELL; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; TUMOR XENOGRAFT; WOUND HEALING;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 79954667330     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.12.014     Document Type: Editorial

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