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Effects of interferon alpha on autocrine growth factor loops in B lymphoproliferative disorders.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 1 Dec 1990
Heslop H E, Bianchi A C, Cordingley F T, Turner M, Chandima W, De Mel C P, Hoffbrand A V, Brenner M K
Abstract excerpt
The B lymphoproliferative disorders B chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) and hairy cell leukemia (HCL) produce a number of autocrine growth factors, including tumor necrosis factor (TNF), interleukin 6 (IL-6), and IL-1, all of which may induce positive feedback growth loops. If such malignancies depend on these autocrine growth loops for survival, their interruption may be therapeutically valuable. Interferon...
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