Human malignant astrocytes express macrophage phenotype.

doi:10.1016/0165-5728(94)00128-b

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Human malignant astrocytes express macrophage phenotype.

Journal of neuroimmunology - 1 Jan 1995

Leenstra S, Das P K, Troost D, de Boer O J, Bosch D A

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Six well-characterized specimens of cultured astrocytoma cells were investigated with a panel of macrophage markers. Our results show that the macrophage markers OKM-1(CD11b), OKM5(CD36), EBM11(CD68), HAM56, Factor 13, alpha-1-antichymotrypsin, alpha-1-antitrypsin, ferritin and lysozyme are clear...

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Astrocytes
Astrocytoma
Brain Neoplasms
DNA, Neoplasm
Flow Cytometry
Fluorescent Antibody Technique
Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
Glioblastoma
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Karyotyping
Macrophages
Phenotype
Tumor Cells, Cultured

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