Article
Phenotypes correlating to metastatic properties of pancreas adenocarcinoma in vivo: the importance of surface sialyl Lewis(a) antigen.
International journal of cancer - 22 Aug 1996
Kishimoto T, Ishikura H, Kimura C, Takahashi T, Kato H, Yoshiki T
Abstract excerpt
Metastasis to the liver often occurs in patients during the natural course of pancreatic cancer. Using carcinoma cell lines established from 9 such patients, we examined phenotypes of cell lines to search for correlations with their potential to metastasize to the liver. Anti-asialo GMI-treated n...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Animals
- Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate
- Female
- Humans
- Liver Neoplasms
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Nude
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Transplantation
- Oligosaccharides
