Article
Cytokine expression by head and neck squamous cell carcinomas.
American journal of surgery - 1 Dec 1992
Mann E A, Spiro J D, Chen L L, Kreutzer D L
Abstract excerpt
Cytokines are known to play an important role in host defense by regulating the function, growth, and differentiation of the cells of the immune system. We hypothesize that, in the tumor microenvironment, tumor cells and resident tissue cells (e.g., fibroblasts) also produce cytokines that may re...
Topics
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Culture Techniques
- Epidermal Growth Factor
- Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
- Head and Neck Neoplasms
- Humans
- Interleukin-1
- Interleukin-4
- Interleukin-6
- Lipopolysaccharides
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
