Humoral immune response against tumoral mucin 1 (MUC1) in breast cancer patients

International Journal of Biological Markers

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 318-325

  Isla Larrain, Marina T ^a   Colussi, Andrea G ^a   Demichelis, Sandra O ^b   Barbera, Alberto ^c   Cretón, Aldo ^c   Segal Eiras, Amada ^a   Croce, María V ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b University John F Kennedy   (Argentina)

^c Breast Clinic   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Humoral immune response; MUC1; TF; Tn

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MUCIN 1; AUTOANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; WESTERN BLOTTING; BLOOD; BREAST TUMOR; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MCF 7 CELL LINE; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MCF-7 CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; MUCIN-1;

EID: 84885919801     PISSN: 03936155     EISSN: 17246008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/JBM.5000036     Document Type: Article

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