Mimicking the microenvironment in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia - where does the journey go?

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 711-714

  Asslaber, Daniela ^a   Grössinger, Eva M ^a   Girbl, Tamara ^a   Hofbauer, Sebastian W ^a   Egle, Alexander ^a   Weiss, Lukas ^a   Greil, Richard ^a   Hartmann, Tanja N ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

CD40 ligand; Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; Microenvironment; Proliferation; T cells

Indexed keywords

CD38 ANTIGEN; CD40 LIGAND; CD69 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN KINASE ZAP 70;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COCULTURE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKEMIA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD40 LIGAND; CELL DIVISION; CELL SEPARATION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84873988588     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12151     Document Type: Letter

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