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Fas and Fas ligand expression in pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
Pancreas - 1 Oct 2002
Pernick Nat L, Sarkar Fazlul H, Tabaczka Pam, Kotcher Glenn, Frank John, Adsay N Volkan
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INTRODUCTION: Fas and Fas ligand (FasL) mediate apoptosis of tumor cells in immune surveillance, and expression of FasL by tumors may mediate their counterattack on cytotoxic lymphocytes. Both proteins are expressed in most if not all pancreatic carcinoma cell lines, but their study in primary hu...
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