Lung cancer-associated myofibroblasts reveal distinctive ultrastructure and function

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 664-674

  Karvonen, Henna M ^a,b   Lehtonen, Siri T ^a,b   Sormunen, Raija T ^a,b   Lappi Blanco, Elisa ^a,b   Sköld, C Magnus ^c   Kaarteenaho, Riitta L ^a,b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cancer associated fibroblast; Electron microscopy; Smoking; Tumor stroma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; COLLAGEN GEL; ACTA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ACTIN;

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STROMA CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ADENOCARCINOMA; CELL JUNCTION; CHEMISTRY; LUNG; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL CULTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTINS; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, ROUGH; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; MYOFIBROBLASTS; SMOKING; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 84899491709     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000149     Document Type: Article

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