Article
Gene expression of cytokines suppressing hematopoietic progenitor cells in lymphoid malignancies.
Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology - 1 Jan 1991
Kawasaki C, Okamura S, Hayashi S, Kondo S, Harada M, Niho Y
Abstract excerpt
The expression of cytokine genes for tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha), lymphotoxin and transforming growth factor beta (TGF beta), all of which are known to suppress normal hematopoiesis, was investigated in 32 patients with lymphoid malignancies using Northern blot analysis. Messenger RNA...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Blotting, Northern
- Cytokines
- Female
- Gene Expression
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells
- Humans
- Leukemia
- Lymphoma
- Lymphotoxin-alpha
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Multiple Myeloma
- Phenotype
- Transforming Growth Factor beta
