Accumulation of natural killer cells after hepatic artery embolisation in the midgut carcinoid syndrome.

doi:10.1038/bjc.1995.120

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Accumulation of natural killer cells after hepatic artery embolisation in the midgut carcinoid syndrome.

British journal of cancer - 1 Mar 1995

Wängberg B, Ahlman H, Tylén U, Nilsson O, Hermodsson S, Hellstrand K

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Eleven patients with disseminated midgut carcinoid tumour disease were subjected to hepatic artery embolisation. In six patients, lymphocytosis with a predominance of NK cells occurred and the cytotoxic activity of isolated lymphocytes increased. A relation between NK cell accumulation and subseq...

Topics

Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
Embolization, Therapeutic
Hepatic Artery
Humans
Intestinal Neoplasms
Killer Cells, Natural
Liver Neoplasms
Lymphocytes
Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome
Phenotype

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